How did the political and socio-religious factors led to the Revolt of 1857?
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The 1857 Revolt,also considered India's first independence war, was a very important however unsuccessful uprising during the period 1857-58 in India. It was introduced by the sepoys (Indian soldiers) working for the East India Company due to their dislike for the foreign regime and awakened the accumulated grievances of the Indian people against the administration the British East India Company that functioned as a self-governing power on behalf of the British's behalf.
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Political Causes
The British's territorial annexations policy resulted in the displacement of many chiefs and rulers. The aggressive application of the policies of Doctrine of Lapse and Subsidiary Alliance infuriated the reigning sections of India. Nana Sahib and Rani Lakshmi Bai became hostile adversaries of the British and led revolts in their corresponding territories. The Awadh annexation on grounds of mis-government, was greatly opposed. The Awadh's Nawabs who were loyal to the British, considered the annexation a deliberate act of back-stabbing by the British. This extremely hurt the feelings of the Company's sepoys since majority of them were from Awadh. Furthermore, under the new administration, the Awadh people got no relief from repression. Peasants had to pay higher revenues and additional taxes were enforced. The British gave no alternate source of work to the people who lost their jobs because of the disbanding of the Nawab's management.
Socio-Religious Causes
The social-religious reforms initiated by the British were looked upon with distrust by the traditional sections of the Indians. Reforms like the abolition of sati, legalisation of widow re-marriage and expansion of foreign education to women were regarded as instances of examples of intrusion in the social customs of the Indian. The social discrimination encountered by the Indians because of the British's attitude of racial dominance also resulted in antipathy. Educated Indians were deprived of appointments and promotions to high office. All these reasons made them revolt against the British. Another key cause of the revolt was the fear amongst the Indian people that the British was resolute in destroying their religion and converting Indians to Christianity. The swelling actions of the Christian missionaries and the real conversions effected by them were a testimony of their fear. The "policy of taxing lands" belonging to mosques and temples lent further support to this idea. The conviction that the India people's religion was at risk, unified all sections of the society against a communal enemy.