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What usually signalled the start of a mutiny in a cantonment?
AA temple procession at dawn
BThe evening gun or the bugle
CA letter from the Governor General
DA proclamation read by a maulvi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The evening gun or the bugle
Sepoys at many stations began by firing the evening gun or sounding the bugle before seizing arms and the treasury.
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