Question

Examine the role of Indian rulers on the revolt of 1857 in Awadh.

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Answer 1

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The Revolt of 1857 was the first great struggle of Indians to throw off the British rule. Awadh was a key storm centre of the revolt.

In Awadh, 21,000 taluqdars had their estates confiscated with the use of a quo warranto by the administration. This resulted in a loss of status for them in the villages. They suddenly found themselves without a source of income and were condemned to penury. These dispossessed taluqdars seized the opportunity presented by the sepoy revolt to oppose the British and regain what they had lost.

Awadh was the home of many sepoys. The sepoys were unhappy with low emoluments, conditions of service in the Company's army and cantonments which came into conflict with their religious beliefs and prejudices and discrimination meted out to them. The annexation of Awadh in 1856 on charge of mal-administration further inflamed their feelings.

The peasants were impoverished by heavy taxation and they resorted to loans from moneylenders/ traders at usurious rates. The moneylenders often evicted the peasants on non-payment of debt dues. During the revolt, the peasants gave free expression to their grievances by attacking the moneylenders and zamindars who had displaced them from the land. They took advantage of the revolt to destroy the moneylenders' account books and debt records, attacked the British-established law courts, revenue officers and revenue records.

All these factors ensured that Awadh remain embroiled in the revolt.

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