History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2012 History
The statement 'The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was not one movement, it was many' was made by
AS.N. Sen
BR.C. Majumdar
CC.A. Bayly ✓ Correct
DEric Stokes
Correct answer: (C) C.A. Bayly — The statement was made by C.A. Bayly, so the answer is C.A. Bayly.
Explanation
★The statement was made by C.A. Bayly, so the answer is C.A. Bayly.
★He stressed that the revolt of 1857 was many local risings rather than a single unified war.
★Different regions rose for different reasons, with sepoys, peasants, princes and zamindars all involved.
★S.N. Sen wrote an official centenary history calling it a war of independence in part.
★R.C. Majumdar argued it was neither national nor a war of independence.
★Eric Stokes studied the peasant and agrarian roots of the uprising.
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