Who was the leader of rebellion in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh during 1857?
- (a)Hazarat Mahal
- (b)Nana Saheb
- (c)Khan Bahadur Khan
- (d)Kunwar Singh
Correct — C, Khan Bahadur Khan. A grandson of the Rohilla chief Hafiz Rahmat Khan, he led the 1857 uprising in Bareilly (Rohilkhand). When the sepoys revolted he was proclaimed the rebel ruler (Nawab Nazim) of Bareilly and set up a rebel administration; after the British recaptured Rohilkhand he was captured and hanged in 1860.
- (a)Hazarat Mahal — Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt in Awadh (Lucknow), not Bareilly, ruling in the name of her son Birjis Qadr.
- (b)Nana Saheb — Nana Saheb (Dhondu Pant) led the rebellion at Kanpur (Cawnpore), not Bareilly.
- (d)Kunwar Singh — Kunwar Singh led the revolt from Jagdishpur in Bihar (the Arrah region), not Bareilly.
The 1857 revolt threw up distinct regional leaders, each tied to a centre: Kanpur–Nana Saheb, Awadh/Lucknow–Begum Hazrat Mahal, Jhansi–Rani Lakshmibai, Jagdishpur–Kunwar Singh, Delhi–Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Bareilly/Rohilkhand–Khan Bahadur Khan. Rohilkhand in western UP was a strong Rohilla-Pathan base, which is why Bareilly produced its own Nawab-led rebel government.
This is a 'centre ↔ leader' match. Three options — Hazrat Mahal, Nana Saheb, Kunwar Singh — are famous leaders of OTHER centres placed as traps; only Khan Bahadur Khan maps to Bareilly.
- Bareilly (Rohilkhand) 1857 leader: Khan Bahadur Khan
- He was a grandson of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, the Rohilla chief
- Proclaimed rebel ruler of Bareilly and ran a rebel administration
- Captured after the British reconquest of Rohilkhand; hanged in 1860
Bareilly (Rohilkhand) was led by Khan Bahadur Khan; the other names belong to different centres.
- Placing a famous leader at the wrong centre
- Confusing Bareilly (Khan Bahadur Khan) with Lucknow (Hazrat Mahal)
Classic centre↔leader matching; UPPSC often localises it to UP towns (Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Faizabad).
Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857, belong to?
- (a) Bihar
- (b) Madhya Pradesh
- (c) Rajasthan
- (d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer(a) Bihar
Same concept — matching a 1857 revolt leader to his region; Kunwar Singh (a distractor here) belonged to Jagdishpur, Bihar.
With reference to the revolt of the year 1857, who of the following was betrayed by a friend; captured and put to death by the British?
- (a) Nana Sahib
- (b) Kunwar Singh
- (c) Khan Bahadur Khan
- (d) Tantia Tope
Answer(d) Tantia Tope
Same set of 1857 leaders (Khan Bahadur Khan is even an option) — tests who was betrayed and executed: Tantia Tope.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the 1857 revolt, led the rebellion from which region?
- (a)Jagdishpur (Bihar)
- (b)Bareilly
- (c)Jhansi
- (d)Lucknow
Answer(a) Jagdishpur in Bihar (the Arrah region).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Begum Hazrat Mahal led the 1857 revolt in which region, in the name of her son Birjis Qadr?
- (a)Awadh (Lucknow)
- (b)Rohilkhand
- (c)Kanpur
- (d)Delhi
Answer(a) Awadh, centred on Lucknow.