1. What was the nature of the Revolt of 1857 ? Was it just a Sepoy Mutiny
2. What were the political and economic causes of the Revolt of 1857
3. What were the military reasons for the Revolt of 1857 ?
4. List the reforms introduced by the British that aggravated the people and ruling classe
5. What were the main centres of the Revolt? Was it a countrywide phenomenon ?
Answers
Answer:
1.it was the most unexpected and extra ordinary event in Indian history. it was named sepoy mutiny but it wasn't just it many joined it for many reasons.
2. political:
they entered in many of the political reasons which they actually didn't need to interfere
they introduced many foolish i.e unwanted laws for extending their fortification like: paramountacy, doctrine of lapse, Subsidary Allaince, ect.
economic:
they made a lot of profit by looting India's wealth
they made India a brook country
they used the Diwani of Bengal to manage their expenses
they bought India's goods from India's money
they refused to pay many taxes for trading
3. there was suspition that the guns were greased with the fat of cow and pig
many soldiers were asked to go over seas.
they were paid less.
4. they imposed false statements on many rulers
they fortified places by betraying rulers
didn't allow rulers to rule by themselves
5. Meerut the place were it started
Delhi
Jhansi
Kanpur
Lucknow
Bareilly
no it wasnt a countrywide revolt
the south wasn't even aware of the revolt this was the main reason for the failure of the 1857 revolt