Question

any two social & religious causes behind revolt of 1857.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Indian society was divided on the basis of religion, language, and castes
• The Hindu society was over-sensitive to the ideas of purity, and severe restrictions were imposed by caste rules.
• Religion was considered as the most sacrosanct identity among Indians.
• By and large, there were many orthodox principles governing religious practices in India
• Indians were assumed to have been a deeply conservative people whose traditions and ways of life had been disregarded by their British rulers.
• Reforms, new laws, new technology, even Christianity, had been forced upon them.