Question

describe the five main causes of the first war of independence.

Answer 1

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs ᴏғ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴡᴀʀ ᴏғ ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀs ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ 
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=>ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪsᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ  ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs :–

The expansionist and annexationist policies of the British power in india made all the Indian rulers , big and small , Hindu and Muslims look with suspicion and develop hatred towards the British power in India . Naturally , this type of reaction is justified as the Indians are the losers and the British gainers . The native rulers were forced to disband their army who failed to obtain gainful employment elsewhere .Futhur , the open disrespect exhibited by the British towards the last of the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar made the muslims rise in revolt . The unjustified and unethical Doctorine of Lapse was the last straw on the Camels back which made the native rulers take up arms and start revolt .There is a view that resentments was brewing since 1832 which took a shape in 1857 . It is difficult to accept the administrative changes initated and implemented , as most of them were alien in nature and replaced the age - old existing rules and regulations.Creation of a new administrative cadre , replacement of Persians by English and the colonial rule which created headships to all sections of the people and lack of personal touch between the ruler and the ruled led to a sort of distrust in the administrative set-up .This distrust hardened in due course as Indians were denied positions in all high civil and military jobs which were reserved for the European and in particular to the British ...

=>Eᴄᴏɴᴏᴍɪᴄ  ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs :–

The parliamentary reports of 1840 also record that while the British cotton and silk goods imported into India paid a duty of VA per cent and woolen goods 2 percent , Indian cotton goods exported to Britain paid 10 percent , silk goods 20 percent and the woolen goods 30 percent .. Further , the abolition of monopoly of the trade in 1813 in East india company and the introduction of free trade by 1833 increased further the exploitation of the economy of India .As result of The British economic exploitation all classes of people , peasants , landlords , traders , industrialization , labours and middle class of India were badly affected and it is no exaggeration to state that unlimited poverty enveloped the entire society and made India and underdeveloped country ...

=>Sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ  ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs

The British were so arrogant and haughty , that a police regulations published by a magistrate at Agra categorically states " Every native , whatever his pretended rank may be , ought to be compelled , under heavy penalities , to salaam all English gentlemen in the streets and if the native is on horseback or in a carriage to dismount and stand in a respectful attitude until the European has passed him "..

=>Rᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs :–

The intervention of the British in social traditions by Prohibiting the practice of sati in 1829 , passing law relating to the succession of poverty in 1832 and 1856 , Window Remarriage Act in 1856 and the Religious Disabilities Act of 1856 further strengthened the view of the conservatives that the Hindu religion and customs were being tempered by the British with the specific objectives of Christianizing India . Sir Syed Ahmed Khan observes :" All People , whether intelligent or ignorant, respectable or otherwise , believed that the goverment was really and sincerely desirous of interfacing with the religion and customs of the people , converting them all , whether Hindus or Muhammadans to Christianity and forcing them to adopt the European manners and habits" ...

=>Mɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ  ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs :–

The sepoys revolts were not a new phenomena and go back to the first decade of the 19th century. There was a clash between the service condition and religious practices of the upper caste sepoys due to the policies of the British .. The army of Vellore muntinied against the British in 1806 opposing the replacement of turban by a leather cockade . In 1824 , the sepoys of the Barrackpore did not agree to proceed to Burma as their custom was against the crossing of the sea which results in the loss of the caste . In 1844 , the Bengal army opposed the desicion to go Sindhu and Wage war of the same reason..

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