History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2025 History
Which historian wrote this about the Revolt of 1857? 'The misery and bloodshed of 1857-58 were not the birthplace of the freedom movement in India, but the dying cry of irrelevant despotism and medieval centralized feudalism.'
AR.C. Majumdar ✓ Correct
BS.B. Chaudhary
CK.K. Dutta
DS.N. Sen
Correct answer: (A) R.C. Majumdar — The answer is R.C. Majumdar.
Explanation
★The answer is R.C. Majumdar.
★R.C. Majumdar wrote that the misery and bloodshed of 1857-58 were not the birthplace of the freedom movement.
★He called them the dying cry of irrelevant despotism and medieval centralized feudalism.
★He was sceptical of viewing 1857 as the first war of independence.
★Jawaharlal Nehru, by contrast, called the revolt essentially a feudal explosion.
★So the remark belongs to R.C. Majumdar.
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