The correct answer is 1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The 1857 Revolt • It was the first expression of organized resistance against the British East India Company • 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). +-----------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Places of Revolt | Indian Leaders | British Officials who suppressed the revolt | +-----------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Delhi | Bahadur Shah II | John Nicholson | | Lucknow | Begum Hazrat Mahal | Henry Lawrence | | Kanpur | Nana Saheb | Sir Colin Campbell | | Jhansi & Gwalior | Lakshmi Bai & Tantia Tope | General Hugh Rose | | Bareilly | Khan Bahadur Khan | Sir Colin Campbell | | Allahabad and Banaras | Maulvi Liyakat Ali | Colonel Neil | | Bihar | Kunwar Singh | William Taylor | +-----------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+