Read the following statements and mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Peer Ali Khan was executed during the 1857 Revolt. Reason (R): He was a British informant who switched sides during the uprising.
A is true, but R is false.
Assertion (A) is true: Peer Ali Khan, a bookbinder of Patna, led an armed uprising in Patna in July 1857 during the Revolt of 1857. He was captured and hanged on 7 July 1857 on the orders of Commissioner William Tayler, along with several associates.
Reason (R) is false: Peer Ali Khan was a revolutionary who organised resistance against the British from the start; he was never a British informant and did not switch sides. He refused to betray his fellow revolutionaries even when offered his life.
Hence, A is true, but R is false.
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