History & Civics
Study the picture and answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the person in the picture. Name the Proclamation made by her in 1858.
(b) Where and by whom was this proclamation made public?
(c) What assurance did this Proclamation give to the Indian people regarding (i) religious freedom and (ii) appointment to public offices?
Answer
(a) This picture shows Queen Victoria.
The proclamation was called Queen Victoria's Proclamation.
(b) Queen Victoria's Proclamation was made public at Allahabad, on November 1, 1858, by Lord Canning, the first Viceroy of India.
(c)The Queen's Proclamation (1858) gave the following assurance to the Princely States:
(i) The British would not annex their territories.
(ii) Their rights, dignity, and honour would be respected.
(iii) The policy of Doctrine of Lapse was abandoned.
(iv) They were allowed to adopt heirs to succeed their throne.
Related Questions
Study the picture and answer the following questions:
(a) Who are the persons in the picture? How were they treated by their British counterparts?
(b) State any three grievances they had against the British.
(c) What changes were brought in their status after the Uprising of 1857?
Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:
These rebels of Delhi must be made an example to all their countrymen for ages to come of the consequences of such crimes, at the same time that every possible precaution is taken to do away with all temptation or provocation to future offences of a similar character.
— The Guardian, Manchester, June 30, 1857(a) Who are referred to as 'rebels of Delhi' in the excerpt above? When did they rebel and where?
(b) What was the temptation or provocation being talked about in the excerpt?
(c) What were the consequences of their alleged 'crimes”?
Imagine you were present when the rulers of Indian states met at a common place before the Uprising of 1857. Each ruler voiced his grievance against the British. Make a list of the grievances of each of the rulers.
As a Subedar in the army hailing from a landed family from Awadh, state the grievances your father had against the British.