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Modern Indian History 1857-1885

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In the context of Modern History of India, the Azamgarh Proclamation is generally associated with

Sepoy Mutiny 1857

Swadeshi Movement

Rowlatt Satyagraha

Champaran Movement

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Explanation:

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, whose restoration to full power was a main aim of the rebels.

• It expressed complete disillusionment with the British Rule and express the fear that British missionaries were, with government connivance, attempting to Christianize India came to a head among the British East India Company’s sepoy troops.

• It is one of the most significant sources of information about the objective of the rebels.