Question

____ led the revolt from Bihar
A) Kunwar Singh
B) Bhukth Singh
C) Khan Bahadur Khan
D) Tantya Tope

Answer 1

Hint: The revolt of 1781 in Bihar was an uprising in the Indian state of Bihar by some Zamindars and chieftains against the British East India Company. Most of the rebel zamindars were from South Bihar and were likely driven to revolt because of the recurrent droughts that hampered their revenue collections.

Complete answer:
In 1857, Kunwar Singh led the Bihar uprising. The revolts took place in Delhi under Colonial Bhukth Khan, in Kanpur under Nana Saheb and Tantya Tope, in Lucknow under Begum Hazrat Mahal, in Jhansi under Lakshmi Bai, in Bareilly under Khan Bahadur Khan, and in Bihar under Kunwar Singh. These revolts were crushed one by one by the British.

During the Indian Revolt of 1857, Kunwar Singh was a general. He belonged to the Maharaja Zamindar family of the Ujjainiya clan of Jagdishpur Parmar Rajputs, presently part of the district of Bhojpur, Bihar, India. He led a small group of armed soldiers at the age of 80 against the forces under the command of the British East India Company. He was the chief organiser in Bihar of the war against the British. He is usually referred to as Veer Kunwar Singh.

When he was called upon to take up arms, he was almost eighty and in poor health. Both his pal, Babu Amar Singh, and his commander in chief, Hare Krishna Singh, supported him. Some claim the latter was the real reason behind the initial military success of Kunwar Singh. For almost a year, he fought a good battle and harried British troops, remaining invincible until the end.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: Given the disorganised approach of the insurgents, the British were able to put down the rebellion without too much trouble. In the aftermath, the British were able to reassert their control of the area and instal loyal zamindars in place of the ones that had been deposed. When needed, these new zamindars could be relied on to provide revenue. However, the rebellion itself may be regarded as a signal of the discontent in Bihar towards the British that later reemerged in the 1857 Rebellion.