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Indian Freedom Struggle (1707–1947 A.D.)

Notes

INDIA
JAMMU & KASHMIR States and Union Territories N
Srinagar

PAKISTAN Shimla HIMACHAL CHINA
PRADESH
Chandigarh UTTARANCHAL (TIBET)
PUNJAB ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Dehradun
Delhi SIKKIM
HARYANA
Itanagar
NEPAL
UTTAR BHUTAN
RAJASTHAN PRADESH Ganglok
ASSAM NAGALAND
Jaipur Patna Dispur Kohima
Lucknow Shillong
Imphal
BIHAR MEGHALAYA MANIPUR
GUJARAT Bhopal Ranchi WEST Agartala Alzawl
Gandhinagar MADHYA PRADESH JHARKHAND BENGAL TRIPURA MIZORAM
Calcutta
CHHATTISGARH MYANMAR
DIU Raipur ORISSA BANGLADESH
DAMAN MAHARASHTRA
DADAR & NAGAR Mumbai Bhubaneshwar
HAVELI (Bombay)
A
R Hyderabad
A
B ANDHRA
I Panaj YANAM BAY OF BENGAL
A PRADESH
N GOA (Pondicherry)
S
E KARNATAKA
A Bangalore
LAKSHADWEEP Chennai PONDICHERRY Port Blair
(Puduchchery)
(Madras)
MAHE
(Pondicherry) TAMILNADU KARAIKAL ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
(Pondicherry)
KERALA
Thiruvananthapuram
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Union Territories States of India
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Port Blair) 2. Chandigarh (Chandigarh) 3. Dadar & Nagar Haveli
(Silvas) 4. Delhi (Delhi) 5. Daman & Diu (Daman) 6. Lakshadweep Islands (Kavarati) 7. Pondicherry
(Pondicherry)

14.3 Summary

• The Revolt of 1857, an unsuccessful but heroic effort to eliminate foreign rule, had begun.
The capture of Delhi and the proclamation of Bahadurshah as the Emperor of Hindustan are
a positive meaning to the Revolt and provided a rallying point for the rebels by recalling the
past glory of the imperial city. On May 10,1857, soldiers at Meerut refused to touch the new
Enfield rifle cartridges. The soldiers along with other group of civilians, went on a rampage
shouting ‘Maro Firangi Ko’. They broke open jails, murdered European men and women,
burnt their houses and marched to Delhi. The appearance of the marching soldiers next
morning in Delhi was a’signal to the local soldiers, who in turn revolted, seized the city and
proclaimed the 80-year old Bahadurshah Zafar, as Emperor of India.

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