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Which Governor General was mocked in the British press for leniency?
AWilliam Bentinck
BLord Dalhousie
CLord Canning
DLord Hardinge
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Lord Canning
Canning argued that mercy would win back sepoys' loyalty and was ridiculed in Punch as 'the Clemency of Canning'.
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