Question

12.a) Explain how the administrative system and economic policy of the
British became the cause for the first war of Indian Independence:
OR​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Relations between the Indian soldiers (sepoys) in the armed forces that the East India Company kept in India and the British authorities were very poor in the 1850s. ... The sepoys felt that the British did not respect their religion and this was a major reason for their mutiny in 1857 that prompted the Great Rebellion.

Answer: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes. An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle February, 1857. The cartridges were made from cow and pig fat.

The British had changed the entire economic structure of India. Introduction of the new land revenue system which allowed the government to confiscate land and accept revenue in cash caused and suffering to the Indian peasants.

These are the reasons.

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