Question

elaborate on the Sepoy mutiny of 1857?​

Answer 1

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⇒Sepoy Mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) Indian Mutiny.

⇒The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. ... In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers (known as sepoys) had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth.

⇒It was a revolt by the indian soldiers against the british. It was named Sepoy mutiny by the british as they wanted to downplay the nature of the revolt of 1857. Also, it was the first step to independence of india or the first struggle for india. The mutiny, that is, rebellion was an unsuccessful revolt.

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Answer 2

The sepoy mutiny is  term used to refer to uprising by the Indian soldiers working for the English East India Company in the year 1857.

=>The Indian soldiers were given very low pay, poor accommodation, they were posted to different areas without additional money, the chances of promotion were also bleak, they were prohibited from wearing caste-related or sectarian marks.

=>Oppressive acts such as the Arms Act, the General Service Enlistment Act, the Post Act, denied the rights of Indian soldiers.

=>The annexation of Awadh on the pretext of maladministration angered the Indian soldiers of the East India Company that had their families living there.

=>In the year 1857, a rumour broke out in the Bengal regiments that the newly introduced Enfield rifle had the paper that contained the cartridge greased with the fat of cows and pigs, this hurt the sentiments of the Hindu and Muslim soldiers who went on a revolt or struggle against the British Government and began the sepoy mutiny.

=>Mangal Pandey, who protested against the introduction of Enfield rifle and attacked two British soldiers was one of the leading figures of the Sepoy mutiny and was later hung to his death.