Multiple choice

To create fear among people, who of the following leaders of anti-British rule in India was publicly hanged even after he was dead?

  1. Alluri Sitarama Raju

  2. Birsa Munda

  3. Chandrasekhar Azad

  4. Dewan Velu Thampi
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Explanation

Dewan Velu Thampi of Travancore led a revolt against the British in 1809. After his death, the British displayed his body publicly on a gibbet to terrorize the local population and discourage further resistance.

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