Question

Who led the freedom struggle of 1857 in Bundelkhand?
A.Kunwar Singh
B.Bakhtawar Singh
C.Tatya Tope
D.Ahmadulla Khan

Answer 1

Hint:Bundelkhand is a topographical and cultural region and also a mountain range in central and North India. The hilly region is classified between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Of the very large number of freedom fighters, who led the struggle, four are being observed through the present series, which is a part of the larger series on India’s Struggle for Freedom.

Complete answer:
Tatya Tope is also known as Ram Chandra Pandurang. He was born in 1814 at village Gola in Maharashtra. Pandurang Rao Tope was the father of Tatya Tope who was an important noble at the court of the Peshwa Baji Rao-II. He moved his family with the cursed Peshwa to Bithur where his son became the closest friend of the Peshwa’s adopted son, Nana Dhundu Pant, known as Nana Saheb. After the reoccupation of Kanpur and partition from Nana Saheb, Tatya Tope transferred his headquarters to Kalpi to work together with Rani Laxmi Bai and led a revolution in Bundelkhand. He was routed at Batwa, Koonch and Kalpi but reached Gwalior and declared Nana Saheb as Peshwa with the support of the Gwalior contingent. Before he could combine his position, he was beaten by General Rose in a memorable battle in which Rani Laxmi Bai suffered martyrdom.Of the very large number of freedom fighters, who led the struggle, Tatya Tope is also a part of the larger series on India’s struggle for freedom.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:After losing Gwalior to the British, he inaugurated a successful guerilla campaign in the Sagar and Narmada regions and in Khandesh and Rajasthan. The British forces failed to defeat him for over a year. He was cheated into the hands of the British by his trusted friend Man Singh who was chief of Narwar, while asleep in his camp in the Paron forest. He was arrested and taken to Sipri where he was tried by a military court and executed at the gallows on April 18, 1859.