2. What happened on 10 May 1857? (History Chapter-6 The Great Uprising)
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10 MayMutiny and Murders at Meerut, troops head towards Delhi
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(3) The spark that led to a mutiny in several sepoys companies was the issue of new gunpowder cartridges fir the Enfield rifle in February, 1857.A rumour was spread that the cartridges were made from cow and pig fat. Loading the Enfield required tearing open the greased cartridges with one's teeth.
(4) Page number:- 43 (Topic:- Why did the uprising fail?) All points....
(5) No, it can't be said that Revolt 1857 was a mutiny by sepoys. It was more than a mutiny because the revolt was not continued by the Sepoys.Many zamindars, Tuludaras and peasants joined the Revolt against the Company.
(6) An Act of parliament in 1858 transferred the power to govern from the East India Company to the British crown.
While authority over India has previously been weilded by the Directors of the Company and the Board of the control; now this power was to be exercised by a Secretary of State for India aided by a council.
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