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Discuss the reasons why revolt of 1857-58 failed in assam

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Answered by Anonymous
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The Revolt of 1857 which is called ‘Sepoy Mutiny’, ‘Great Revolt’ and the ‘First War of Indian Independence‘ is the watershed in the history of pre-independent and early colonial India.

It is so, as the one hundred years penetration of the British East India into different parts of India through wars and diplomacy and the introduction of alien revenue, judicial social intervention methods and language of English as the medium of instruction at the school and collegiate level destabilized the existing pre-British socio-cultural fabric.

Added to this destabilization, the ruination of the Indian industries, handicrafts and agriculture led to rural indebtedness and the growth of daily wage earners and de-industrialization, and the rise of a capitalist class of moneylenders, rich landlords and Zamindars as collaborators of the British rule and hegemony created strong resentment against the British.

No single segment of population welcomed the rule of the British by 1857. The peasant and tribal revolts of which we have studied in the previous pages also clearly reveal how the British had to face the opposition of the peasants and the tribal.

In the end, we may presume that the revolt of 1857 was the result of a culmination of popular dissatisfaction that had been simmering for a long time against the policies of the British in India

Answered by halamadrid
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There was a revolt against the British rule during 1857-58. Maniram Dewan Was the leader of the revolt.

Maniram Dewan was a good leader and a very learned man. But he felt several problems in uniting the locals as his reach was very minimal, did not have support of the upper class, lack of trained soldiers etc. The revolt was planned to be during Durga Puja but because of the opening/leakages of their plans to the Britishers, it failed.

Following were the reasons for the failure of the revolt:

  • The leaders failed to maintain their plan’s secrecy.
  • The general public did not participate in the revolt as they felt their problems were genuinely addressed in the British government.
  • The local people felt that British governance was better than the early monarchy. They were dissatisfied with the present monarchy.
  • The roads and transportation were very poor in Assam, therefore it was difficult to communicate with the locals.
  • The nobility of Assam refused to help the rebels and the upper class had no hope from the revolt.
  • The number of rebels was very less and they could not compete with the modern warfare techniques of the Britishers.

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