Question

social and religious causes of revolt 1857

Answer 1

In the revolt of 1857 for the first time Indian had fight for justice by being united.
They forget about that who is Muslim or who is Hindu. Only the thing is that they had to free the country

Revolt of 1857 Causes

1 a) Due to the British expansionist policies, most of the Raja’s, Nawab’s and the zamindar’s, were either dispossessed from their state or became subsidiary to the British.

b) The East India Company (EIC) had a planned way of expansionism and many Indian states easily fell prey to the policies of the East India Company.

c) The policy of Trade and Commerce subjugated the state, the policy of indirect subordination (subsidiary alliance), policy of war and annexation, policy of direct subordination (doctrine of lapse), policy of misgovernance (in which Awadh was annexed).

d) These policies greatly hampered the interests of the rulers of the native states, and they one by one became victims of British expansionism.

e) Therefore, those rulers, who lost their states to the British, were naturally against the British and took sides against them during the revolt.

f) This was a vital factor as it affected a large section of Indian society. Ever since the grant of Diwani was made to the British in 1765, land revenue became an issue of much burden. British Government had imposed ‘pocket area transformation’, that means, introduction of Permanent Settlement in Bengal, Mahalwari settlement in Central India, and Ryotwari settlement in southern India.These three settlements were highly exploitative, and in particular, the Permanent settlement had created a devastating impact.But the high rates of land revenue, ruined the prospects of Indian peasantry. Thus the peasants were greatly encouraged to overthrow the British Government from India. The ‘Drain of Wealth’ impoverished peasants and they thus participated actively in the revolt of 1857.