Previous Year Question

Pair (d) is not correctly matched because Maulvi Liaqat Ali was principally associated with the Revolt of 1857 at Allahabad, not Lucknow.

The pair Sambalpur–Surender Sahi is correct. The question gives the name as “Surender Sahi”; historically, he is better known as Veer Surendra Sai. He carried on a prolonged struggle against British authority in the Sambalpur region. After being released from Hazaribagh Jail in 1857, he returned to Sambalpur and reorganised resistance against the British there.

The pair Ganjam–Radhakrishna Dandsena is also correct. Radhakrishna Dandsena was associated with resistance against British rule in Paralakhemundi in the Ganjam region. The Odisha District Gazetteer records him as Radhakrushna Dandasena of Paralakhemundi and describes the suppression of his rebellion.

The pair Kashmir–Gulab Singh is also correct. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War, as a result of the Treaty of Amritsar of 1846, Gulab Singh took over the administration of the State and became the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. The official historical account of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court also records the transfer of the State to Gulab Singh under the Treaty of Amritsar.

However, Lucknow–Liyaqat Ali is incorrect. Maulvi Liaqat Ali was one of the prominent leaders of the 1857 uprising at Allahabad. He organised the rebel administration there and made Khusro Bagh his military operational headquarters.

In contrast, the major leadership of the Revolt of 1857 in Lucknow and Awadh was provided by Begum Hazrat Mahal. She led the uprising in Awadh on behalf of her minor son Birjis Qadr and continued the struggle until the British recaptured Lucknow.