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Indian Freedon Struggle (CDS) Viceroys and Governor Generals

He was accused of being lenient towards sepoys in the famous British Satirical Journal- Punch. The Journal published a cartoon with caption-“Governor General: ‘Well, then they shan’t blow him from nasty guns; but he must promise to be a good little sepoy’.” Who among the following governor generals is best described by the above paragraph?

Lord Dalhousie

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Canning

Lord Dufferin

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Explanation:

After the revolt of 1857, there was so much anger and resentment towards the Sepoys in the British Populace that pleas for moderation were ridiculed. When Governor General Canning declared that a gesture of leniency and a show of mercy would help in winning back the loyalty of the sepoys, he was mocked in the British press.
In one of the cartoons published in the pages of Punch, a British journal of comic satire,
Canning is shown as a looming father figure, with his protective hand over the head of a sepoy who still holds an unsheathed sword in one hand and a dagger in the other, both dripping with blood—an imagery that recurs in a number of British pictures of the time.
The Cartoon was titled,”The Clemency Of Canning” and the caption at the bottom read: “Governor General: ‘Well, then they shan’t blow him from nasty guns; but he must promise to be a good little sepoy’.”