The active participant of the Bundela rebellion of 1842 Hirdeshah was Jamindar of which of the following place ?

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Correct — D, Hirapur. Hirde Shah (the paper prints 'Hirdeshah') was the zamindar of Hirapur and one of the active leaders of the Bundela revolt of 1842, an armed uprising in the Sagar–Narmada (Bundelkhand) tracts of present-day Madhya Pradesh against British land-revenue and settlement policies. It is remembered as one of the important pre-1857 anti-British risings of central India.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A locality in the Sagar–Narmada region, but not the zamindari held by Hirde Shah — the rebel leader named in the question was seated at Hirapur, not here.  (b) Another place in the same Bundelkhand belt; it was not Hirde Shah's estate. The question specifically ties Hirde Shah to Hirapur.  (c) A different locality of the region and not Hirde Shah's seat; it does not answer 'zamindar of which place'.

Concept: The Bundela revolt of 1842 (Bundela vidroh) was a rebellion of zamindars and peasants in the Sagar–Damoh–Narmada territories of Bundelkhand against newly imposed British revenue demands, land-settlement rules and the erosion of the old chiefs' authority. It was suppressed by the British but is treated as an early expression of anti-colonial resistance in central India, roughly fifteen years before 1857.

State PCS 2019 Q91 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2019 Q91 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer