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After 1857 more soldiers were recruited from Gurkhas, Sikhs and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Paik uprising at Khurda broke out on 29 March of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the 1857 leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the 1857 centresRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real nameRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the 1857 wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after 1857Read the answer and worked solution →Which centreRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →1857 bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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After 1857 more soldiers were recruited from Gurkhas, Sikhs and:

  1. Bengalis
  2. Tamils
  3. Pathans
  4. Marathas
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Correct answer: C. Pathans

1. Recruitment from Awadh and Bihar was cut. 2. New groups were preferred. 3. Gurkhas, Sikhs and Pathans. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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The Paik uprising at Khurda broke out on 29 March of:

  1. 1857
  2. 1803
  3. 1825
  4. 1817
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Correct answer: D. 1817

1. The Paiks attacked the police station at Banpur. 2. This was forty years before the great revolt. 3. The year was 1817. _Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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Catch the 1857 leaders

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  1. Matches the category
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    Nana Saheb
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    Lakshmibai
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    Kunwar Singh
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    Bakht Khan
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    Tantia Tope
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    Avantibai
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    Dalhousie
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    Canning
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    Tytler
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1857 leader
Instructions
Catch the leaders of the 1857 uprising. Let the British officials fall.
_Source: syllabus History, Our Pasts III, Chapter 5, When People Rebel, 1857 and After._

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