Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence.

1. In the countryside peasants and zamindars resented the …………. and the rigid methods of collection.

2. The British passed laws to stop the practice of …………….. and to encourage the …………. of widows.

3. The rebels rushed to Delhi from Meerut and proclaimed ……………. as their leader.

4. Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao, gathered armed forces and expelled the ……………. from the city.

5. ……………. fought a guerrilla war against the British with the support of several tribal and peasant leaders.