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Where did the sepoy mutiny of 1857 begin?
ALahore
BMeerut
CMadras
DBombay
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Meerut
1. Sepoys there refused the drill with the new cartridges.
2. Their comrades then broke open the jail and freed them.
3. The mutiny began at Meerut.
4. So the answer is Meerut.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 5 'When People Rebel'_
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