Which of the following facts about Lucknow, in the first War of Independence of 1857, is false?
In Lucknow, the uprising broke out on 30 May 1857, and after their defeat in the Battle of Chinhat on 30 June 1857, the British forces took refuge in the British Residency…
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Which of the following facts about Lucknow, in the first War of Independence of 1857, is false?
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In Lucknow, the uprising broke out on 30 May 1857, and after their defeat in the Battle of Chinhat on 30 June 1857, the British forces took refuge in the British Residency at Lucknow, not in Begum Hazrat Mahal's palace. Begum Hazrat Mahal proclaimed her minor son Birjis Qadr the Wali of Lucknow on 5 July 1857.
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