History & Civics
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
INDIAN SAILORS IN REVOLT
SIX HOURS BATTLE WITH BRITISH TROOPS.
(a) Identify the event associated with the above mentioned newspaper heading.
(b) How did this event end?
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(a) The event is the Indian Naval Ratings Revolt (also called the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny) that took place in February 1946 in Mumbai.
(b) The ratings had fought a seven-hour battle with the army as well as navy and had surrendered only when asked to do so by the national leaders.
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