Question

ructured Questions
1. Numerous causes gave rise to the First War of Independence and its
consequences led to several changes in the British Government in India.
In this context, answer the following:
(ICSE 2018]
(a) Explain any three political cause of the Revolt of 1857.
(b) Briefly explain the immediate cause of the Great Revolt.
(c) State any four changes in the administration of the British Government as
a consequence of the Revolt.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The following were the three political causes of the Revolt of 1857:-

The expansionist and annexationist policies of the British power in India made all the Indian rulers, big and small, Hindu and Muslim look with suspicion and develop hatred towards the British power in India.

The open disrespect exhibited by the British towards the last of the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar made the Muslims rise in revolt.

The Indians, in general, did not accept the administrative changes initiated and implemented, as most of them were alien in nature and replaced the age-old existing rules and regulations.