Question

Q. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow.
The East India Company's sepoys had seen their pay and their status go down in recent
years. They felt that the new English officers did not treat them with the same respect
and sympathy that older officers had. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by Lord
Dalhousie, the Governor-General. It allowed the East India Company to take over an
Indian kingdom when its native ruler died. The kingdom of Oudh was annexed in this
way. This was seen as an insult by the Indians who considered Oudh a rich and historic
part of India. The revolt in the army would not have broken out or spread so quickly if
the complaints of the sepoys had not been accompanied by deep unhappiness in rural
and urban India.
a) Which revolt does the source refer to?
b) Why did the British end the East India Company's rule after this revolt?
c) Describe any two changes that occurred in the British administration after this revolt.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Sepoy Mutiny

British sources—both then and now—often refer to the 1857 events as The Sepoy Mutiny. They focus primarily on the discontent of sepoys in the East India Company army and their rebellion against their commanding officers.

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