What was the Sepoy Rebellion, and how did it change colonial India?
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The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The Company had upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges. In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers (known as sepoys) had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth.
Rumors began to spread in 1856 that the grease on the cartridges was made from a mixture of beef tallow and pork lard. Eating cows, of course, is forbidden by Hinduism, while consumption of pork is forbidden by Islam. Thus, by making one small change to its munitions, the British managed to greatly offend both Hindu and Muslim soldiers.
The sepoys' revolt began in Meerut, the first area to receive the new weapons. British manufacturers soon changed the cartridges in an attempt to calm the spreading anger among the soldiers, but this move backfired. The switch only confirmed, in the minds of the sepoys, that the original cartridges had indeed been greased with cow and pig fat.
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Answer: The sepoys were Indian soldiers who were part of the East India Company’s private army. They began to resent British rule and rebelled in 1857. They killed British citizens, including women and children, greatly angering the British people, who demanded justice. British troops were sent in to stop the rebellion, and thousands were killed – some historians put the numbers in the hundreds of thousands. After the rebellion, the East India Company was disbanded, and the British government took over in India. This time period is called the British Raj (which means “administration”). The Queen appointed a viceroy to rule the colony in her name.
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