Places that are related to freedom struggle? Write a paragraph 150-200 words
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The first freedom struggle occurred in 1857.The Revolt of 1857 eventually broke out over the incident of greased cartridges. In March 1857, Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in Barrackpore, had refused to use the cartridge and attacked his senior officers.The revolt spread over the entire area from the neighbourhood of Patna to the borders of Rajasthan. The main centres of revolt in these regions namely Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, Gwalior and Arrah in Bihar.
1.Lucknow: it was the capital of Awadh. Begum Hazrat Mahal, one of the begums of the ex-king of Awadh, took up the leadership of the revolt.
2.Kanpur: the revolt was led by Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II.Nana Saheb escaped but his brilliant commander Tantia Tope continued the struggle.
3.Jhansi: the twenty-two-year-old Rani Lakshmi Bai led the rebels when the British refused to accept the claim of her adopted son to the throne of Jhansi.
4.Gwalior: After Rani Lakshmi Bai escaped, she was joined by Tantia Tope and together they marched to Gwalior and captured it.
5.Bihar: the revolt was led by Kunwar Singh who belonged to a royal house of Jagdispur, Bihar.
6. Faizabad- The Maulavi of Faizabad managed to keep the city free from British rule for almost a year until his death.
Suppression and The Revolt-The Revolt of 1857 lasted for more than a year. It was suppressed by the middle of 1858.On July 8, 1858, fourteen months after the outbreak at Meerut, peace was finally proclaimed by Lord Canning.
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The first freedom struggle occurred in 1857.The Revolt of 1857 eventually broke out over the incident of greased cartridges. In March 1857, Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in Barrackpore, had refused to use the cartridge and attacked his senior officers.The revolt spread over the entire area from the neighbourhood of Patna to the borders of Rajasthan. The main centres of revolt in these regions namely Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, Gwalior and Arrah in Bihar.
1.Lucknow: it was the capital of Awadh. Begum Hazrat Mahal, one of the begums of the ex-king of Awadh, took up the leadership of the revolt.
2.Kanpur: the revolt was led by Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II.Nana Saheb escaped but his brilliant commander Tantia Tope continued the struggle.
3.Jhansi: the twenty-two-year-old Rani Lakshmi Bai led the rebels when the British refused to accept the claim of her adopted son to the throne of Jhansi.
4.Gwalior: After Rani Lakshmi Bai escaped, she was joined by Tantia Tope and together they marched to Gwalior and captured it.
5.Bihar: the revolt was led by Kunwar Singh who belonged to a royal house of Jagdispur, Bihar.
6. Faizabad- The Maulavi of Faizabad managed to keep the city free from British rule for almost a year until his death.
Suppression and The Revolt-The Revolt of 1857 lasted for more than a year. It was suppressed by the middle of 1858.On July 8, 1858, fourteen months after the outbreak at Meerut, peace was finally proclaimed by Lord Canning.
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