alleryStart learning →The British officer killed by peasants during the Phulaguri Dhawa was
AJ. D. Anderson
BHerbert Sconce
CLieutenant Singer
DJ. R. Berington
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Lieutenant Singer
1. Lieutenant Singer was Assistant Commissioner sent to disperse the Phulaguri Raij Mel.
2. When his sepoys tried to snatch bamboo sticks, a peasant struck him fatally on the head.
3. His body was thrown into the Kollong river.
4. Sconce was Deputy Commissioner of Nowgaon at the time, and Anderson and Berington belong to the Patharughat episode.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.2.02_
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