state the reason 1857 revolution as celebrated as the first war of independence.
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The Revolt of 1857 (Also regarded as India's First War of Independece) was an extremely important event in Indian history. It was initiated by the sepoy of the company which arouses the accumulated grievances of the people against the Company's administration and of their dislike for the foreign regime.
NCERT Wise Answer...
The national movement in the twentieth century drew
its inspiration from the events of 1857. A whole world
of nationalist imagination was woven around
the revolt. It was celebrated as the First War of
Independence in which all sections of the people of
India came together to fight against imperial rule.
Art and literature, as much as the writing of history,
have helped in keeping alive the memory of 1857.
The leaders of the revolt were presented as heroic
figures leading the country into battle, rousing the
people to righteous indignation against oppressive
imperial rule. Heroic poems were written about the
valour of the queen who, with a sword in one hand
and the reins of her horse in the other, fought for the
freedom of her motherland. Rani of Jhansi was
represented as a masculine figure chasing the enemy,
slaying British soldiers and valiantly fighting till her
last. Children in many parts of India grow up reading
the lines of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan: “Khoob lari
mardani woh to Jhansi wali rani thi” (Like a man she
fought, she was the Rani of Jhansi). In popular prints
Rani Lakshmi Bai is usually portrayed in battle
armour, with a sword in hand and riding a horse – a
symbol of the determination to resist injustice and
alien rule.