Question

7. What are the political and administrative causes for the revolt of 1857 ?
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Answer 1

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• 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 main political cause for the great revolt of 1857 was the policy of Doctrine of Lapse. It was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie as per which any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would automatically be annexed if the ruler died without a male heir.

Answer 2

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The Tsar requested the hermit to answer his questions several times but the hermit believed that experience is the best teacher. So, the Tsar was answered by his real-life experiences. The hermit told the Tsar that if the Tsar had not dug the seedbeds for the hermit out of pity, then the Tsar would have gone his way and would have been attacked by the man and would have regretted the fact of not staying with the hermit. So, when the Tsar was digging the beds was the most important time, and for whom he was digging the beds was the most important person and to do good to the hermit was his most important business. The hermit also told the Tsar that later when he was attending the wounded man then that time was the most important time, the wounded man was the most important person and tending the wounded man was the Tsar's most important business. If the Tsar had not saved the wounded man, then he would not have become friends with his former enemy so easily. By citing these examples, the hermit made the Tsar understand the true purpose of life, which is to help others.

How did the enemy of the king become friend with the king in Leo Tolstoy's "Three Questions?