The Revolt of 1857 was an unprecedented event in the history of India " Explain any three political causes of this event.
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.[4][5] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Delhi. It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions chiefly in the upper Gangetic plain and central India,[a][6][b][7] though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.[c][8] The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region,[d][9] and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.[10] On 1 November 1858, the British granted amnesty to all rebels not involved in murder, though they did not declare the hostilities to have formally ended until 8 July 1859. Its name is contested, and it is variously described as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence.[e][11]
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India was under British rule for 200 years. The fight for independence was not easy & certainly not won in a day. Many revolts were won & lost that led to the moment of independence for India. One of the major was the Sepoy Mutiny aka Revolt of 1857 that is also known as the first war of independence and the first rate of freedom fighters of India. In this blog, you will learn about the revolt of 1857, its causes & failures and how it became the harbinger of other Indian National Movements.