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History GK · Q161

British Rule In India

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 161

Q161

The violent Mappilas stormed the bungalow of the District Magistrate . . . . . . and murdered him in 1855

A.
H.V. Connolly
Answer
B.
William Logan
C.
Lord Ripond
D.
Gladstone

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
At about 9 p.m. on the evening of 11 September 1855 Conolly was attacked and killed at the Collector's Residence at West Hill Bungalow, Calicut by a small group of Mappilas. Conolly was buried in what is now Conolly Park, near South Beach Road; the headstone of his tomb was moved to the premises of the C.S.I. St. Mary's English Church, Calicut in 1997.