Describe the First Freedom Struggle of 1857.
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1. It was rather a sepoy mutiny than a freedom struggle.
2. It started from barrackpore kolkata after then revolution moved to meerut and spread across the country.
3. The start of the revolt was on the 29th of March, 1857, when Mangal Pandey, attacked his officers.
4. The sepoys wanted an end to the British rule and make Bahadur Shah Zafar their leader. In Delhi, sepoys killed many British officers, confiscated their ammunition and set their buildings on fire.
5. Nana Saheb and in Lucknow, Birjis Qadar and his mother Begum Hazrat Mahal, contributed a lot to the uprising. Birjis Qadar was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. In Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai, Tantia Tope and the sepoys together fought against the British.
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