1. Who translated the memoirs of Sitaram Pande into English?
2. When was Mangal Pandey hanged to death and why?
3. Who was ’Viceroy’?
4. Which Governor-General decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king?
5. What did the Bahadur Shah Zafar do after he was declared the leader of the rebel?
Answers
Explanation:
1) Norgate (his Commanding Officer) translated it into English and had it published under the title From Sepoy to Subedar.
2) Due to his attack on two British soldiers, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death on April 8, 1857, at the age of 29. ... The reason is usually attributed to the British introducing a new type of Enfield rifle that required soldiers to bite off the ends of the cartridge to load the gun.
3) A viceroy is an official who runs a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.
4) Governor-General Canning
1856 – (i) Governor-General Canning decided that Bahadur Shah Zafar would be the last Mughal king and after his death his descendants would be recognised as princes.
5)He wrote letters to all the chiefs and rulers of the country to come forward and organise a confederacy of Indian states to fight the British.