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प्रश्न
Seventy-five thousand of the Company’s sepoys belonged to which of the following states?
विकल्प
Jaipur
Awadh
Mysore
Sambalpur
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उत्तर
Awadh
Explanation:
Of the Company’s sepoys, 75,000 were from Awadh; the annexation of Awadh in 1856 and the dissolution of its forces/privileges enraged these soldiers and helped spark the 1857 uprising.
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