what were causes the rovolt of 1857?
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Explanation:
the major cause of the outbreak of the revolt was the fear among the people that the British government was determined to destroy their religion and convert indians to christianity.
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There were many political, social, economical, administrative and military reasons for the revolt.
POLITICAL CAUSES-
1. Subsidiary alliance
2. Doctrine of lapse
SOCIAL CAUSES-
1. Partial treatment to Indians in the working class
2. Abolition of many Indian traditions
3. Forced religious conversions of Indians into Christianity
4. A rumour was spread that the British mixed the powder of animal bones with salt only to destroy the religion of the Hindus. It was also said that the flesh of pigs and cows was thrown into wells. By that, religious sentiments of Muslims and Hindus were greatly hurt by such stories. Indians became fearful of their religion being destroyed.
ECONOMICAL CAUSES-
1. Heavy and forceful taxation on goods
2. Increase in poverty
ADMINISTRATIVE REASONS
1. English became the language of administration.
MILITARY REASONS
1. The Sepoys were paid very low salary. In many occasions they prayed for the increase of their pay packets but their prayer was never granted. Brave Sepoys were never rewarded for their courage in the battle fields. There were no promotions for them. Instead they were suspected and some-times were removed from service. The privilege of free postage enjoyed by the Sepoys was withdrawn.
2. The Company administration introduced the new Enfield rifle whose cartridge had a greased paper cover. It had to be bitten off before it could be loaded into the rifle. A rumour that the cover contained cow and pig fat started doing the rounds. Cow was sacred to the Hindus, and pig was taboo for the Muslims. As a result, both religious groups felt insulted and cheated. The cartridge incident proved to be the final straw as the sepoys were already seething with discontent because of a variety of other social, economic and political policies of the British Government. Finally, on 29 March 1857, Mangal Pandey, a sepoy at the Barrackpore cantonment, refused to use the cartridges. As a result, he was hanged to death. The news spread like wildfire and on 9 May, 85 soldiers at Meerut too refused to use the new equipment. They were court-martialled and sentenced to 10 years. To further buttress the point, they were stripped in front of their colleagues and thrown into jail. This resulted in the other sepoys rising in revolt. They ransacked the jail and freed their comrades and even cut off the telegraph lines to Delhi. Even the European officers were not spared and their houses were set on fire. Thus began the revolt of 1857.
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