alleryStart learning →The chief organiser of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam was
AManiram Dewan
BPiyoli Barua
CGomdhar Konwar
DGadadhar Singha
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Maniram Dewan
1. The 1857 revolt in Assam was planned from Calcutta by an Assamese leader.
2. Maniram Dewan was the chief organiser and worked to reinstall the Ahom monarchy.
3. He was hanged with Piyoli Barua after the revolt was crushed.
4. Gomdhar Konwar led an earlier revolt in 1828, not the 1857 one.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.1_
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