.''The revolt of 1857 was started by sepoy but eventually spread to other parts of the country''.Support the statement with five arguements.
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One hundred years after the Battle of Plassey, anger against the unjust and oppressive British Government took the form of a revolt that shook the very foundations of British rule in India.
In March 1857, Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in Barrackpore, had refused to use the cartridge and attacked his senior officers. He was hanged to death on 8th April. On 9th May, 85 soldiers in Meerut refused to use the new rifle and were sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
In Delhi the mutineers were joined by the Delhi sepoys and the city came under their control. Next day, on 11th May, the sepoys proclaimed the ageing Bahadur Shah Zafar the Emperor of Hindustan. But Bahadur Shah was old and he could not give able leadership to the sepoys. The occupation of Delhi was short-lived.
The revolt spread over the entire area from the neighbourhood of Patna to the borders of Rajasthan. There were six main centres of revolt in these regions namely Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, Gwalior and Arrah in Bihar.
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The cartridges of new enfield rifle were greased with cow and pig fat. Their cover had to recut with teeth before loading into the rifle. This hurt the religious sentiments of hindu and muslims as hindus worshiped cow and muslims hated pigs. On march 29, 1857, Mangal Pandey, a young Indian sepoy, from Bengal Regiment refused to use the greased cartidges and shote down his sergeant. He was arrested, tried and executed. When this news spreaded, many sepoys started the revolt.