Plz.help me ..............to solve this friends .Question no. 5 and 7 in 50 words.The best explained answer will be mark as brain list
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5.There is a discrepancy between the western and Indian historians over 1857 rebellion . Some say it was a sepoy mutiny whereas others suggest that it was the first war of independence. Some regard it as the biggest armed resistance to colonialism in the nineteenth century anywhere in the world. A situation developed in the northern parts of India in 1857 when the English East India Company faced a massive rebellion and that threatened the Company’s very presence in India. Sepoys mutinied in several places beginning from Meerut and a large number of people from different sections of society rose up in rebellion. Thus it would be unfair to just minimise it at the level of sepoy mutiny.
7.Many modern historians do not agree that the revolt of 1857 was the first nor was it a war of independence. For them it was Sepoy Mutiny as it has been started by a group of sepoys.It cannot be called as the first war of independence because many small uprisings did take place from time to time against the British in india.
Moreover, the revolt started mainly in the army cantonment for the use of greased catridges. It was not a planned or organised movement against the british. The spirit of nationalism did not even formed its base in india till the outbreak of the revolt. The historians failed to recognise the involvement of a vast section of the indians who participated in this struggle. For them the main focus was on the Indian sepoys and their demand to remove the greased catridges.
