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The Revolt of 1857 was not merely a product of Sepoy mutiny but was accumulated grievances of the people against the Company’s administration and of their dislike for the foreign regime. Here is the List of important leaders Associated with the Revolt of 1857.
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Shakeel Anwar / Updated Nov 10, 2020, 11:10 IST
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The Revolt of 1857 is also called the Sepoy Mutiny or India’s First War of Independence. It was started on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company’s army.
It was a prolonged period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in Northern and Central India against the British occupation of that part of the subcontinent. It began as a revolt of the sepoys of the British East India Company’s army but eventually secured the participation of the masses. The revolt is known by several names: the Sepoy Mutiny (by the British Historians), the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion (by the Indian Historians), the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence (by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar).
The revolt spread over the entire area from the neighborhood of Patna to the borders of Rajasthan. The main centers of revolt in these regions namely Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, Gwalior, and Arrah in Bihar. Following is a list of important leaders who took part in the revolt from different parts of the country:
Important leader Associated with the Revolt of 1857
| Place | Leader |
| Barrackpore | Mangal Pandey |
| Delhi | Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan |
| Delhi | Hakim Ahsanullah (Chief advisor to Bahadur Shah II) |
| Lucknow | Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah (advisor of the ex-Nawab of Awadh) |
| Kanpur | Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of Nana Sahib) |
| Jhansi | Rani Laxmibai |
| Bihar (Jagdishpur) | Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh |
| Allahabad and Banaras | Maulvi Liyakat Ali |
| Faizabad | Maulvi Ahmadullah (He declared the Revolt as Jihad against English) |
| Farrukhabad | Tufzal Hasan Khan |
| Bijnaur | Mohammad Khan |
| Muradabad | Abdul Ali Khan |
| Bareilly | Khan Bahadur Khan |
| Mandsor | Firoz Shah |
| Gwalior/Kanpur | Tantia Tope |
| Assam | Kandapareshwar Singh, Manirama Datta |
| Orissa | Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi |
| Kullu | Raja Pratap Singh |
| Rajasthan | Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh |
| Gorakhpur | Gajadhar Singh |
| Mathura | Sevi Singh, Kadam Singh |
The revolt of 1857 was an unprecedented event in the history of British rule in India. It united, though in a limited way, many sections of Indian society for a common cause. Though the revolt failed to achieve the desired goal, it sowed the seeds of Indian nationalism.
source: http://www.jagranjosh.com / Jagrn Josh / Home> General Knowledge> History / by Shakeel Anwar, Jagran Josh / November 10th, 2022