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paragraph on revolt of 1857

Answer 1

The people in different parts of India, right from the beginning of the British conquest never accepted their political subjection. The Sanyasis in Bengal and Bihar (1763 onwards), peasants, the chiefs and other landed sections as—Poligars, Bhils, Kols. Khasis and Santhals. All these revolts were localized, some of them lasted many years. They did not pose a serious challenge to British rule. The revolt started at Meerut on 10 May, 1857, with the uprising of Indian sepoys of the British armies in India. It was the result of accumulated resentment, but was triggered off by the greased cartridges incident. Peasants had been dispossessed of their lands and artisans had been ruined. The British policy of annexation of territory had led to the dispossession of many Indian rulers. Dajhousie, annexed eight new states in the course of eight years of his stay in office. There was fear in the minds of many people that the British government was out to forcibly convert them to Christianity. The rebels declared Bahadur Shah II, the emperor of Hindustan. Hindus and Muslims fought together against the British. The deeds of valour of rebels, like the Rani of Jhansi, Maulvi Ahmadulla, Kanwar Singh, Bakht Khan and Tantia Tope have inspired the people. The British rulers followed a ruthless indiscriminate policy of vengeance. Thousands of people were hanged in Delhi, Lucknow and other places. The revolt and its cruel suppression left a legacy of bitterness and hatred among the people of India. The rule of the East India Company came to an end and the control passed to the British crown. The British government promised not to annex any more Indian states. The hold of the Indian rulers on the Indian people declined and it was realized that national independence would be attained through a movement of the people themselves. The struggle against the rule was to witness the growth of the nationalist movement aiming at national independence, democracy, social equality and national development.

Answer 2

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The Revolt of 1857 is also known as The Great Revolt of 1857 or the Sepoy mutiny of 1857. The sepoys of India who were opressed by the British for a long time revolted.

The 1st initiative was taken by sepoy Mangal Pandey.He had shot a british general. The British had ordered to arrest Mangal Pandey but the Indian sepoys did not follow his instructions. Under the leadership of Mangal Pandey on 29 March 1857 the Indian sepoys marched to Delhi and made the nawab of delhi the emperor of india. After that many revolts broke out in india. But the British had been successful in suppressing all of them.The bengali middle class people were however apathetic to the revolt of 1857. Even they did not want the revolt to be successful.This was because they feared that if the british would go back then india would return to its age of darkness again .the little money and status that they had acquired during the British rule would be lost.Although the Revolt of 1857 was unsuccessful it is in some cases identified as the First War of Independence.

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