Question

Describe the results of the First War of Independence with reference to the following:
(a) Changes relating to Constitutional or the Administrative Set-up of the British territories in India.
(b) Rights granted to the Indian Princes and Chiefs.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.[4][5] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Delhi (that area is now Old Delhi). It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions chiefly in the upper Gangetic plain and central India,[a][6][b][7] though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.[c][8] The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region,[d][9] and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.[10] On 1 November 1858, the British granted amnesty to all rebels not involved in murder, though they did not declare the hostilities to have formally ended until 8 July 1859. Its name is contested, and it is variously described as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence.[e][11]

Answer 2

Results of First war of independence

Explanation:

• The first war of independence brought about the end of the British East India Company's rule.
• It led to the direct rule by british Government of much of the Indian subcontinent for the next 90 years.
• It brought Indian Empire under the direct control of the British crown
• Queen victoria became the Empress of India.
• The act of 1858 abolished the company's board of control and the board of directors.
• British tried to appease the princess. The policy of annexation was put on hold , Doctrine of lapse was abolished, all treaties were renewed.
• At the same time the British tried to keep the states weak by controlling the strength or number of their armies.