Question

Kunwar Singh was a leader of the Revolt of 1857 in which of the following States?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Bengal

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Bihar

The correct answer is Bihar.

• Kunwar Singh was a leader of the Revolt of 1857 from Bihar.

 

• Important leader Associated with the Revolt of 1857
  • Barrackpore-Mangal Pandey
  • Delhi-Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan and 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- Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh
  • Allahabad and Banaras-Maulvi Liyakat Ali
  • Faizabad-Maulvi Ahmadullah (He declared the Revolt as Jihad against English)
  • Farrukhabad Tufzal Hasan Khan
  • Bijnaur-Mohammad Khan
  • Muradabad-Abdul Ali Khan
  • Bareilly- Khan Bahadur Khan
  • Mandsor-Firoz Shah
  • Gwalior/Kanpur-Tantia Tope
  • Assam-Kandapareshwar Singh, Manirama Dewan
  • Orissa-Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi
  • Kullu-Raja Pratap Singh
  • Rajasthan-Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh
  • Gorakhpur-Gajadhar Singh
  • Mathura-Sevi Singh, Kadam Singh