1. The question asks about the stance of the educated middle class in India towards the revolt of 1857.
2. The educated middle class, largely consisting of professionals, intellectuals, and government employees, primarily emerged due to Western education introduced by the British.
3. This class generally believed in gradual reforms under British rule and viewed the revolt, led by traditional feudal elements and sepoys, as backward-looking and potentially disruptive to the progress they envisioned.
4. Consequently, they largely remained neutral or aloof from the revolt of 1857, neither actively supporting nor opposing it in large numbers, though individuals might have held varying opinions.