Question

Answer the following questions in 3-4 sentences.

1. Why did the sepoys refuse to use the greased cartridges?
2. How were the Indian villages self-sufficient?
3. What were the major expenses of the East India Company?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1) The soldiers felt that it was a move by the British to defame their religion because no Hindu would touch the beef and no Muslim would touch the pork. As a result, the Indian sepoys refused to use greased cartridges.

2) Self-help groups could make use of the schemes such as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) or Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for seed grants that would help in setting up rainwater harvesting in the village to address the water woes in agriculture.

3) Roughly it has been estimated as one trillion dollar money that was looted by the British rulers in that 200 years ruling, apart from some other wealth like gold, diamonds and raw materials which got transported.