NDA2019General AbilityGeneral StudiesActual
The Azamgarh Proclamation of August 25, 1857 stressed on which one of the following issues ?
Options
- AHindu-Muslim divide
- BSupport to the English Government
- CThe return of the Badshahi
- DThe imposition of heavy Jumas (revenue demand)
Correct answer
C. The return of the Badshahi
Step-by-step solution
The Azamgarh Proclamation of August 25, 1857 stressed on the return of the Badshahi. This proclamation was published in the Delhi Gazette in the midst of the "Great Mutiny" of 1857 . The author was most probably Firoz Shah, a grandson of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.