What helped the british to suppress the First War of Independence?
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What helped the British to suppress the First War of Independence?
The Sepoy Mutiny 1857–58 was not supported by the vast majority of Princely States. Only four or five local rulers around Lucknow, Meerut, Oudh territory backed the mutineers with arms, money, troops and propaganda. The other 500+ Princely States either kept aloof from the fighting or else actually gave support to the East India Company.
The reason was/is obvious. The rulers made good commercial income and profits from trading with the Company. To them, the concept of an Indian state or country was completely foreign. They had hundreds of years ownership and control of their family territories. The Company didn't take away their lands, unlike the Portuguese and French in other parts of India. In many ways, EIC was a good commercial friend and the Mutiny threatened their wealth and their sovereignty.
Also, don't forget that the Mutiny was limited geographically to northern parts. It had no effect and no following in the Deccan or Konkan districts, and certainly nothing in the south of the subcontinent.
It was doomed to fail and so was the EIC, which was compulsorily wound up by the British government. There had been dreadful cruelty on both sides which has affected Indian-British relations ever since.
By the way, when you ask about the British, you should not be thinking of the government. Indian territories, cities and agricultural associations at the time were held under hundreds of trading contacts with the British East India Company. The government were not involved until the Mutiny was over and the Company was blamed for having lost control of the north.
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The Sepoy Mutiny 1857–58 was not supported by the vast majority of Princely States. Only four or five local rulers around Lucknow, Meerut, Oudh territory backed the mutineers with arms, money, troops and propaganda. The other 500+ Princely States either kept aloof from the fighting or else actually gave support to the East India Company.
The reason was/is obvious. The rulers made good commercial income and profits from trading with the Company. To them, the concept of an Indian state or country was completely foreign. They had hundreds of years ownership and control of their family territories. The Company didn't take away their lands, unlike the Portuguese and French in other parts of India. In many ways, EIC was a good commercial friend and the Mutiny threatened their wealth and their sovereignty.
Also, don't forget that the Mutiny was limited geographically to northern parts. It had no effect and no following in the Deccan or Konkan districts, and certainly nothing in the south of the subcontinent.
It was doomed to fail and so was the EIC, which was compulsorily wound up by the British government. There had been dreadful cruelty on both sides which has affected Indian-British relations ever since.
By the way, when you ask about the British, you should not be thinking of the government. Indian territories, cities and agricultural associations at the time were held under hundreds of trading contacts with the British East India Company. The government were not involved until the Mutiny was over and the Company was blamed for having lost control of the north.
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