what objections did the sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use
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THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ENFIELD RIFLES WAS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF REVOLT OF 1857.A RUMOUR SPREAD THAT THE CATRIDGE OF THESE GUNS WERE GREASED WITH FATS OF PIG AND COW WHICH HAD TO BE BITTEN BEFORE BEING INSERTED INTO THE RIFLES.THE HINDUS CONSIDER COW AS GOD AND MUSLIMS CONSIDER PIG AS UNCLEAN. SO,THE INDIAN SEPOYS REVOLTED AGAINST THE USE OF ENFIELD RIFLES.
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The sepoys refused to do the army drill using the new cartridges with some objections. They suspected that the cartridges were coated with the fat of cows and pigs.
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