The revolt at Neemuch broke out on which date in 1857?

Explanation

Neemuch is remembered in the 1857 chronology because the outbreak there is fixed to 3 June 1857, not to the dates of other cantonment uprisings. Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, in its answer on the contribution of Madhya Pradesh in the First War of Independence, states that on 3 June 1857 the infantry and cavalry soldiers of the Neemuch cantonment revolted. The immediate trigger was Colonel Abbot trying to force soldiers to take an oath of loyalty, and cavalryman Ali Baig refusing. That refusal became the flashpoint. The soldiers then burned the cantonment and moved towards Delhi via Chittor, placing Neemuch within the wider military spread of the 1857 revolt.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 21 August belongs to the Erinpura outbreak, so it confuses Neemuch with another 1857 centre.
• (B) 28 May is linked with Naseerabad, not Neemuch, in the Rajasthan revolt chronology.
• (C) 15 July is not supported for Neemuch; the Neemuch revolt is fixed on 3 June.

Concept

This tests the local chronology of the 1857 revolt in Rajasthan and adjoining cantonments. RAS often asks such date-place pairs because they separate broad knowledge of 1857 from exam-ready regional recall.

Source

• Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education

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