Question

Describe the historical importance of first struggle from freedom

Answer 1

Revolt of 1857 is called the first war of independence as:

It made an impact on a significant part of our country, but not the entire Indian subcontinent. For example: Entire South India region was not at all impacted by the revolt. Certain large princely states such as Kashmir and Mysore were neutral.

In a way, it would also to be a misnomer to call it “First”. Because in Indian history, revolts were initiated earlier as well such as in 1829 (much earlier than 1857), Tirot Sing, raised a revolt in northeast region against colonialism of Khasi hills.

Probably, it is called first independence war because of active participation of masses like workers and farmers. Surely, It was the first war of masses against colonialism at a large scale.