Question

Were the British really powerful or was it the lack of the support from various social groups that led to the failure of the revolt of 1857?​

Answer 1

Answer:

British were not really powerful when they came to india they were just a grp but when they met several social groups they planned a strategy to rule on india and from that time the British British several organisations and killed people yes it was the lack of various social groups which led to the failure of revolt of 1857

Answer 2

Answer:

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.[6][7] 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][8][b][9] though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.[c][10] The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region,[d][11] and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.[12] 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][13]

Indian Rebellion of 1857

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A 1912 map of Northern India, showing the centres of the rebellion.

Date 10 May 1857 – 1 November 1858

(1 year and 6 months)

Location

India

Result

British victory

Suppression of revolt

Formal end of the Mughal Empire

End of Company rule in India

Transfer of rule to the British Crown

Territorial

changes British Raj created out of former East India Company territory (some land returned to native rulers, other land confiscated by the British crown)

Belligerents

Sepoy Mutineers

Mughal Empire

Oudh

Forces of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

Forces of Nana Sahib Peshwa II

Jagdishpur

Gwalior factions

Jodhpur factions

Banda

Various other Rajas, Nawabs, Zamindars, Thakurs, Chaudharys, Taluqdars, Sardars, and chieftains

United Kingdom

East India Company