6.Select the correct option for the order of events of the spread of Revolt of 1857.
(i) Bahadur Shah Zafar wrote letters to chiefs and rulers of country to come forward
to fight the British.
(ii) The sepoys of Meerut rode all night and reached Delhi.
(iii)Smaller rulers, chiefs, zamindars joined the revolt.
(iv) The rebels persuaded and proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar as their leader.
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Revolt of 1857
Mutiny to Popular Rebellion
The rebellion of May 1857 threatened the Company’s very presence in India. The mutiny which started from the cantonment in Meerut engulfed a large part of northern and central India. People from different sections of society rose up in rebellion. Many historians regard it as the biggest armed resistance to colonialism in the nineteenth century anywhere in the world.
From Meerut to Delhi
Execution of Mangal Pandey: Mangal Pandey was a young soldier at the cantonment in Barrackpore. He was the culprit of attacking his officers. On 29 March 1857, Mangal Pandey was hanged to death for his crime.
Within a few days, some sepoys of the regiment at Meerut refused to use the new cartridges during an army drill. It was rumoured that the new cartridges were coated with the fat of cows and pigs. For their refusal to obey the orders, eighty five sepoys were dismissed from service. They were sentenced to ten years in jail. This incidence happened on 9 May 1857.