At which of the following places Mangal Pandey was hanged till death for attacking his officers?
Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey was a sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry whose act of rebellion is often treated as an early spark of the wider Revolt of 1857.
Angered by the introduction of the new Enfield rifle cartridges, rumoured to be greased with cow and pig fat, he assaulted his British officers at the cantonment.
This incident took place at Barrackpore, a military station on the Hooghly near Kolkata (then Calcutta).
He was quickly court-martialled and hanged to death at Barrackpore on 8 April 1857.
Delhi and Lucknow became major centres of the uprising in the months that followed, but they were not the site of his execution, and Chandigarh had no role in these events.
Pandey's defiance and execution helped inflame resentment among the sepoys and are commemorated as an opening episode of the 1857 struggle.
Hence the correct answer is Barrackpore.
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II. The revolt of the soldiers was followed by popular uprisings of the civilian population.
Who among the following did not help the British during the Revolt of 1857?
Who regards the Revolt of 1857 as the "Source Spring of National Movement"?
