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प्रश्न
What was the background for the storming of Bastille Prison?
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उत्तर
- When the Tennis-Court oath incident took place, the king tried to use force to disperse the commoners.
- When his own soldiers refused to obey his orders, foreign regiments were brought in.
- This provoked the people to rise in revolt in Paris on 14th July 1789.
- They stormed the Bastille prison and set-free all the prisoners.
- The fall of the Bastille was the first great turning point in the revolution. 14th July is celebrated as the National Day of France to this day.
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