RAS question
After the Neemuch revolt, the revolutionary soldiers marched towards Delhi via which route through Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) Chittor - Hammirnagar - Baneda - Shahpura.
After the Neemuch revolt of 3 June 1857, the revolutionary soldiers marched towards Delhi through Chittor, Hammirnagar, Baneda and Shahpura.
Explanation
The route was Chittor, Hammirnagar, Baneda and Shahpura. RajRAS gives the sequence: after news of the Nasirabad revolt reached Neemuch, Colonel Abbot made the soldiers take an oath of loyalty on 2 June 1857; on 3 June, the Neemuch soldiers revolted. They burned the cantonment and then moved towards Delhi by this Rajasthan route. The route matters because the Neemuch action did not remain a local cantonment disturbance. By marching to Delhi and joining the revolutionary forces there, the soldiers connected Rajasthan's 1857 unrest with the wider anti-British military uprising centred on Delhi.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Udaipur, Bhilwara and Tonk do not match the Neemuch rebels' recorded march towards Delhi after the cantonment was burned.
- (C) Jodhpur, Bikaner and Delhi form a western route, whereas the Neemuch soldiers are recorded as moving through Chittor, Hammirnagar, Baneda and Shahpura.
- (D) Ajmer, Jaipur and Delhi were not the listed stages of the Neemuch rebels' march after the revolt of 3 June 1857.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan segment of the Revolt of 1857, especially cantonment revolts and their routes of mobilisation. RAS repeats such route-based facts because they link local Rajasthan events with the wider Delhi-centred uprising.