one or two sentences:What were the immediate causes of 1857 revolt?
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The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The East India Company upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges.
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The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 was a seemingly minor change in
the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The East India
Company upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper
cartridges. In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, sepoys had to bite
into the paper and tear it with their teeth.
Rumors began in 1856 that the grease on the cartridges was made of a mixture of
beef and pork lard; eating cows, of course, is forbidden in Hinduism, while
consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam. Thus, in this one small change, the
British had managed to seriously offend both Hindu and Muslim troops.
The revolt started in Meerut, which was the first area to receive the new weapons.
The British manufacturers soon changed the cartridges in an attempt to calm the
spreading anger among the sepoys, but this move backfired as well - the fact that
they stopped greasing the cartridges only confirmed the rumors about cow and pig
fat, in the sepoys' minds.
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