Which of the following groups did not participate in the revolt of 1857? 1. Agricultural Labour 2. Sahukar 3. Farmers 4. Zamindars Select your answer from the following codes :

Explanation

The Revolt of 1857 spread over a very large area and received wide popular support. Even so, it could not engulf the whole country or all sections and classes of Indian society. It did not spread to South India and to most parts of Eastern and Western India. Most rulers of the Indian princely states and the big zamindars were self-seeking and, frightened of British power, did not join the revolt. On the contrary, the Scindia of Gwalior, the Holkar of Indore, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Maharaja of Jodhpur, the Sikh rulers of Patiala, Nabha and Jind, other Sikh chiefs of Punjab, the Maharaja of Kashmir, and many other chiefs and big zamindars actively helped the British in suppressing the revolt. Governor-General Canning later remarked that these rulers “acted like a dam before the storm; otherwise the storm would have swept us away in a single wave.” Traders and the educated class held meetings in Calcutta and Bombay and appealed to help the British. Most people of the upper and middle classes were critics of the rebels. Many talukdars (big zamindars) of Awadh who had joined the revolt withdrew from it after receiving an assurance from the British that their estates would be restored. In rural attacks, the main targets were moneylenders; therefore, they naturally became enemies of the revolt. Indians with modern education also did not support the revolt. The educated Indians wanted to remove the backwardness of the country. They were wrongly convinced that the British would…