“White mutiny” in the history of modern India was

Solution

● Option B is correct: A section of European forces employed under EIC resented the transfer of power from the British East India Company to the British Crown. This move led to White Mutiny. ● Before 1861, there were separate military forces in British India for the Queen (Queen's Army) and the Company which comprised the units of the East India Company. The Company’s troops received extra allowances of pay to cover many expenses related to operations in areas outside the home territories. These allowances were called batta. Batta was stopped after the transfer of powers. . Lord Canning’s legalistic view of the laws regarding the transfers also infuriated the affected White soldiers.