Question

Name any four centres of revolt along with the names of the leaders

Answer 1

Place

Leader

Barrackpore

Mangal Pandey

Delhi

Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan

Delhi

Hakim Ahsanullah (Chief advisor to Bahadur Shah II)

Lucknow

Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah (advisor of the ex-Nawab of Awadh)

Kanpur

Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of Nana Sahib)

Jhansi

Rani Laxmibai

Bihar (Jagdishpur)

Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh

Allahabad and Banaras

Maulvi Liyakat Ali

Answer 2

The 1857 revolt was sparked from various sates and centers. The four centers of revolt along with the names of the leaders are :

1.  Delhi under the leadership of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zaffar II.

2.  Kanpur under the leadership of Nana Sahib, the adopted son of peshwa   Baji Rao II.

3.  Lukhnow, under the leadership of Begum Hazrat Mahal.

4.  Jansi, under the leadership of Rani Laxmibai.