Question

Q. Why did the people of Awadh join the revolt?


Q. Discuss the administration in the Presidency cities?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Awadh faced a number of grievances which linked the princes, taluqdars, peasants and sepoys to join hands in the revolt of 1857 against the British

2) By the mid-18th century three Presidency towns: Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. During the period of Company rule in India, 1757–1858, the Company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "Presidencies"

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Q. When the British annexed the territory of Awadh, they undermined the position of taluqdars. ... The ties of loyalty and patronage that had bound the peasant to the taluqdar were disrupted. So they turned against the British and joined the revolt of 1857.

Q. Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British Governance in India. They were called as British India.