| Read the following passage and answer the question that follows: |
| 'The nationalist movement in the twentieth century drew its inspiration from the events of 1857. A whole world of nationalist imagination was woven around the Revolt. It was celebrated as the First War of Independence in which all sections of the people of India came together to fight against imperial rule.? |
| 'The Revolt of 1857 marked first nationalist challenge to the English in India.' Explain giving examples the values imbibed and practiced by the rebels to set the beginning for it. |
Answer:
The Revolt of 1857 was truly secular in its action and perception. The rebels appealed time and again to all sections of population irrespective of their caste, religion and creed.
Hindus and Muslims made a bridge of mutually accepted sentiments and the same was supported by the pillars of the Hindu-Muslim unity.
The rebellion was considered as a war in which both Hindus and Muslims had equally to lose or gain.
The British tried to create cracks in the Hindu-Muslim unity, but such cracks were hardly noticeable.
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