Question : “The Revolt of 1857 seemed to call the very presence of the British into question. What it did not do was reverse these changes.”
(2007)
Answer : A mighty popular revolt broke out in Northern and Central India in 1857 and nearly swept away the British rule. It began with the mutiny of sepoys but soon engulfed wide regions and involved the masses. Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers fought heroically for over a year and by their exemplary courage and sacrifice wrote a glorious chapter in the history of the Indian people.
The revolt broke out at Meerut on the 10th May ....
Question : “Whatever might have been its original characters it (Rebellion of 1857) soon became a symbol of challenge to the mighty British power in India”.
(2005)
Answer : A mighty popular revolt broke out is Northern and Central India in 1857 & nearly swept away the British rule. It began with the mutiny of sepoys but soon engulfed wide regions & involved the masses. Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers fought heroically for over a year and by their exemplary courage wrote a glorious chapter on the history of Indian people.
The revolt of 1857 marked that it was a challenge to the mighty ....
Question : ‘The tribal and peasant rebellion laid the foundation of the revolt of 1857’.
(2001)
Answer : ‘The tribal and peasant rebellion laid the foundation of the revolt of 1857.’ The British rule and its accompanying commercialization strengthened tendencies towards penetration of tribal areas by outsidersfrom the plains. Christian missions were active in many tribal areas, bringing education and some promise of social ascent but often provoking an interesting variety of reaction which included hostility as well as attempts to use some Christian tenants in antiforeign ways.
The resentment of tribals against the ....
Question : The 1921 Moplah rebellion was 'in essence an expression of long-standing agrarian discontent which was intensified by the religious and ethnic identity'.
(2000)
Answer : The Mappilla (Muslim) tenants of Malabar rebelled in August 1921 against high rents, oppressive landlords, lack of any security of tensure and renewal fees, the impetus of which first came from the Malabar district Congress Conference held at Manjeri in April 1920. This conference was followed by the formation of a tenants association of Kozhikode, and soon tenants associations were set up in the region. This was supported by the Khilafat committee also. However, the ....
Question : Do you believe that the uprising in 1857 was nationalist in nature? If not, what was its character?
(1999)
Answer : Scholars have held divergent views about the nature of the revolt of 1857. British scholars like Kaye, Trevelyan, Lawrence in addition to many eye witnesses like Munshi Jiwan Lal, Durgadas Bandopadhya, Syed Ahmad Khan etc. have held that it was ‘a mutiny’. Other described it as a ‘racial struggle’. Still others doubt it as a clash of civilization, while the nationalists call it as the first War of Indian Independence. Early national leaders like V.D. ....
Question : Examine the nature of the Revolt of 1857 and indicate the manifold changes in British civil and miliitary administration of India after 1857.
(1998)
Answer : Scholars have held divergent views about the nature of the revolt of 1857. British scholars like Kaye, Trevelyan, Lawrence in addition to many eye witnesses like Munshi Jiwan Lal, Durgadas Bandopadhya, Syed Ahmad Khan etc. have held that it was ‘a mutiny’. Other described it as a ‘racial struggle’. Still others doubt it as a clash of civilization, while the nationalists call it as the first War of Indian Independence. Following are the major views ....
Question : Tribal movements should be viewed as 'History from below'. Discuss the objects and nature of the movements in 19th century India.
(1997)
Answer : Tribal movements were basically directed to preserve the tribal identity which was thought to be in danger due to intrusion of external people affecting the social, political and geo-economical position of the tribes. These movements were mostly violent, isolated and frequent. There were about seventy tribal movements from 1778 to 1947. These movements can be broadly divided into two parts i.e., movements of the frontier tribes and movements of the non-frontier tribes depending upon the ....
