What is the social political and economical cause of sepoy mutiny?
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes. A mutiny in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle February, 1857. A rumor was spread that the cartridges were made from cow and pig fat.
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Social Causes:-
1)Education of women
2)Widow remarriage
3)Promotion to Christianity
4)Sati Pratha interference
5)English education promotion
6)Caste system
7)Racial discrimination
Economic Causes:-
1)Capturing land from peasants
2)Oppression of poor
3)Revenue policy and collection
4)Free trade policy
5)Diwani system
6)Modern invention
Political Causes:-
1)Subsidiary alliance
2)Doctrine of lapse
3)Erosion of nawabs
4)Unfair annexation policies
5)Ill treatment with Mughals and taking off their titles