Who said, "Neither first, nor national not war of independence" with context to 'The Sepoy Mutiny and Revolt of 1857'?

Correct option is C

• RC Majumdar, an Indian historian, expressed the view that the event of 1857 should not be considered as the first war of independence, nor as a national movement.
  
• He believed that the Sepoy Mutiny was primarily a reactionary movement and not a cohesive national struggle for independence.

• RC Majumdar's perspective on the Revolt of 1857 is significant in the academic discourse, where he emphasized the regional and localized nature of the mutiny rather than recognizing it as a unified national uprising.
  
• This view contrasts with the later interpretations of the revolt as the "First War of Independence" by other historians like Veer Savarkar.

• Veer Savarkar: He was one of the proponents who referred to the 1857 Revolt as the "First War of Independence."
• Jawaharlal Nehru: He described the revolt in his book Discovery of India as a significant early step in India's freedom struggle.
• SN Sen: He also acknowledged the Revolt of 1857 as the beginning of the national struggle for independence.