Rewrite the statements by choosing the appropriate options.

(Umaji Naik, War of Independence, LordDalhousie, Secretary of State, TatyaTope)

(a) V. D. Savarkar named the struggle of 1857 as ______

(b) ______ united the Ramoshis to rebel against the British.

(c) After the struggle of 1857 the post of ______ was created in the British government to look after the affairs of India.

(d) ______ was the Governor-General who annexed the princely states.

(a) WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

Indian students staying in India House translated Savarkar’s book “Che Swatantryasamar” (Marathi) which was written in 1857 into English. Finally, this work was published in Holland in 1909, under the title “The Indian War of Independence –1857”. He named the revolt of 1857 as the war of independence.

(b) UMAJI NAIK

The ruling king of the Berad, Umaji Naik confirmed war on the British and issued an announcement, demanding of ‘all the inhabitants of Hindustan’ to revolt against the British.

(c) SECRETARY OF THE STATE

The Revolt of 1857 gave a shake to the British administration in India, and this revolt made its reorganization. The Secretary of State was a member of the British Cabinet and as such was in charge of Parliament.

(d) LORD DALHOUSIE

Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General who took control of the princely states. The doctrine of lapse was the annexation policy which was applied by Lord Dalhousie in India before 1858.