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The Revolt of 1857 saw wide participation of the Zamindars. This was because:

1. Their land rights fortified with frequent use of a quo Warranto by the administration.

2. Loss of status for them in the village.

3. Their estates confiscated by the administration and hence, suddenly found themselves without the source of income.

4. They formed the well-read and educated class who had feelings on Nationalism inculcated in them.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Explanation:
  • The causes of the revolt of 1857, emerged from all aspects— socio-cultural, economic and political—of daily existence of Indian population cutting through all sections and classes.
  • Out of all the causes, the economic causes of the Zamindars (the traditional landed aristocracy)- they often saw their land rights forfeited with frequent use of a quo warranto by the administration. This resulted in a loss of status for them in the villages.
  • In Awadh, the storm center of the revolt, 21,000 taluqdars had their estates confiscated and suddenly found themselves without a source of income, "unable to work, ashamed to beg, condemned to penury". These dispossessed taluqdars seized the opportunity presented by the sepoy revolt to oppose the British and regain what they had lost.

Thus, Option D is Correct.

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