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Amit Shah inaugurates 1857 martyrs memorial in Ambala
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Ambala's 1857 memorial: the revolt's start, leaders and end-of-Company-rule facts GS1 Modern History tests
Memorial for 1857 martyrs inaugurated.
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Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a memorial to the martyrs of the 1857 First War of Independence at Ambala in Haryana.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a memorial to the 1857 martyrs at Ambala, Haryana.
- The 1857 revolt began at Meerut on 10 May 1857 and spread to Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi and other centres.
- Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed the symbolic leader of the revolt at Delhi.
- Lord Canning was Governor-General during the revolt.
- The Government of India Act, 1858 ended East India Company rule and transferred power to the British Crown.
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- The Revolt of 1857 began with sepoys at Meerut and spread across north and central India.
- Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared Emperor of Hindustan by the rebels at Delhi.
- After the revolt, the Government of India Act, 1858 transferred the Company's powers to the Crown, with the Governor-General becoming Viceroy.
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GS1 Modern History: the 1857 revolt and how it is remembered. Causes (political, economic, military, socio-religious) led to a widespread uprising, and its aftermath was the 1858 Act and a change in British policy towards princely states and the army. Official memorials shape public memory of the freedom struggle, and a balanced answer should weigh its character, whether a mutiny, a first war of independence or a popular revolt, against the evidence.
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