Team number-1
The Governor-General of India during the rebellion.
Lord Canning
In 1757 the first conquest took place and made the EIC become rulers
Battle of Plassey
The British took permission to set up their trading post from the Mughal Emperor
Jahangir
The 1857 Revolt also came to be known as
First war of independence
The practice where a woman was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre.
Sati
The causes of the Great Rebellion in 1857 were
Religious, Economic and Social
The practice of considering the touch of the people of some castes as polluting; such people had to live away from the rest of the society.
Untouchability
Why were the Anglo-Mysore wars not part of the Great Rebellion?
They happened before 1857
The Queen who led the Revolt from Jhansi
Rani Lakshmi Bai
The adopted son of the last ruler of the Maratha Empire.
Nana Saheb
The Mughal Emperor who was asked to lead the Revolt of 1857.
Bahadur Shah Zafar
People who try to change society by fighting against unfair customs and practices.
Social Reformers
The main items taken from India by the European traders were:
Cotton cloth and spices
The Revolt of 1857 was started in
Meerut
India came under direct rule of the British government after:
The Revolt of 1857
The policy of taking control over the land in the absence of an heir was
Doctrine of Lapse
When was English East India Company established.
1600
What was the Siege of Cawnpore?
A large attack where men, women and children were brutally killed
The Battle of Buxar showed that the traitors were amidst Inidans. Name the traitor
Mir Qasim
The Sepoy Mutiny was led by the famous Indian
Mangal Panday