Question

Revolt of 1857 regarded as the First war of India's Independence by

a) Colonial historians
b) US historians
c) Indian historians

Answer 1

The revolt is known by several names: the Sepoy Mutiny (by the British Historians), the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion (by the Indian Historians), the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence (by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar).