Question

Answer the following question in brief. ​

Answer 1

1.Social

Economical

Political

Military

Immediate Factor.

2.The revolt of 1857 suffered from a weak leadership. It was not planned and organized. There was a clear lack of unity among the rebels and there was no common purpose among them during the revolt of 1857. ... Also, the rulers of Kashmir, Gwalior, and Hyderabad helped the British against the revolt.

3.The mutiny of 1857 helped in unifying the people of India and helped in awakening the feeling that India was one nation. It had a widespread effect on the Indians and it impressed the intellectuals of the country. The national movement in the twentieth century drew its inspiration from the events of 1857.

4.(a) Divide and Rule; After the Revolt of 1857 the British increasingly continued to follow their policy of divide and rule by turning the princes against the people, province against, caste against caste, group against groups and above all, Hindus against Muslims.

Answer 2

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1.Salty prohibition, the widow remarriage act was correct from a social point of view, but the Indians thought that it was an interference in their lifestyle and hence, they were dissatisfied. These are the social causes behind the struggle of 1857.

2.Very weak leadership. Leaders like Nana Saheb, Tantia Tope, Kunwar Singh, and Rani Lakshmi Bai were not efficient enough to confront the British army. The revolt was undirected and did not have any motive. It was just the uprising from the religious and emotional wounds of sepoys.

3.The most important consequences of the revolt of1857 are : The most important impact of revolt of1857 is that the administration of india was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. The queen's proclamation of 1858 announced that the policy of territorial extension was to be abandoned .