Describe the Revolt of 1857
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The spark that led to a mutiny in several sepoy companies was the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February, 1857. A rumour was spread that the cartridges were made from cow and pig fat.
It began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army. Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers
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✏ The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also called the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, North India's First War of Independence or North India's first struggle for independence. It began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army.
Result: Rebellion stopped, End of the Mughal Empire; end of East India Company; C...
Territorial changes: British Indian Empire created out of former-East India Company t...
Date: 10 May 1857 – 20 June 1858
Location: India (cf. 1857)