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What are the problems faced by sepoy in British Indian army???? ​

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Answered by aruneshwaran2006
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The Indian soldiers in the British army were unhappy. They were not allowed to wear their traditional and religious symbols and head gears. They were paid a meager salary and had no promotion options. ... This created created resentment in the Indian soldiers

Answered by jigneshashah
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In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its other European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as "sepoys". The largest of these Indian forces, trained along European lines, was that belonging to the British East India Company.

The term "sepoy" is still used in the modern Nepalese Army, Indian Army and Pakistan Army, where it denotes the rank of private soldier.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes.

An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle February, 1857. The cartridges were rumoured to have been made from cow and sow fat. Loading the Enfield required tearing open the greased cartridge with one's ; cows were considered holy by Hindus, while pigs were considered unclean by Muslims. Underlying grievances over British taxation and recent land annexations by the British East Indian Company (BEIC) were ignited by the sepoy mutineers, and within weeks, dozens of units of the Indian army joined peasant armies in widespread rebellion. The old aristocracy, both Muslim and Hindu, who were seeing their power steadily eroded by the BEIC, also rebelled against British rule. Another important source of discontent among the Indian rulers was that the British policies of conquest had created unrest among many Indian rulers. In the decade prior to the rebellion, the BEIC imposed a 'doctrine of lapse' (of Indian leadership succession), and the policy 'subsidiary alliance' both of which deprived Indian rulers of some of their sovereignty. One of the main reasons for the revolt was that the British East India Company also started meddling with India's political and financial system. Sepoy units combined with local populations in a major rebellion in 1857 that temporarily unified many Indians across sect, caste, and religious differences.

Explanation:

Active

16th to 21st centuries

Country

Mughal Empire

British Raj

India

Pakistan

Branch

infantry and artillery

Equipment

Rifle

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