When people Rebel 1857 and After(History Notes - Long Q & A)
Question 1: What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
Answer:
⑴ Bahadur Shah Zafar support to the rebellion boosted the moral of the Indian people. It gave them courage, hope and confidence to get together against the East India Company rule.
⑵ Regiment after regiment mutinied. People of the towns and villages also rose up in rebellion with their local leaders, zamindars and chiefs to fight against the British.
⑶ Nanasaheb gathered arm forces and expelled the British Garrison from the city.
⑷ Birjis Qadr was proclaimed the new Nawab. He too acknowledged the suzernity of Bahadur Shah.
⑸ In Jhansi, Rani Lakshmi Bai joined the rebel sepoys and fought the British along with Tantia Tope, the general of Nana Saheb.