Question

What were the causes of the Revolt of 1857​

Answer 1

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The main causes of the revolt of 1857 are :-

• In the country side , peasants and zamindars were unhappy with with high taxes and inflexible method of revenue collection
• The indian sepoys were unhappy with their condition and the way they are paid .
• Britishers made some laws that are against the religious beliefs of our ancestors
• They they are very intent on reforming the Indians and they believe that Indians were backward
• in 1850 a new law was passed by the British government that the claim that a person is is capable of taking the land of their in sisters only if they follow Christian religion .
• the large number of people can to know that they all are suffering from the same situation and they have a common enemy they started protesting against it and it resulted in the rebellion of 1857

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Answer 2

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$\huge {Political \: Causes}$

1. Doctrine of lapse

2. Disrespect shown to Bahadur Shah Zafar

3. Annexation of Awadh

4. Treatment meted to Nana Saheb and Rani Laxmi Bai

5. Absentee sovereignty of the British

$\huge{Socio \: Religious \: causes}$

1. Interference with social customs

2. Apprehensions about modern innovations

3. Policy of racial discrimination

4. Taxing religious places

5. Law of property

$\huge{Economic \: Causes}$

1. Exploitation of economic resources

2. Growing unemployment

3. Poverty and famines

4. Drain of wealth from India

5. Inhuman treatment of indigo cultivators

$\huge{Military \: Causes}$

1. General service enlistment act

2. ill treatment of Indian soldiers

3. Lower salaries of Indian soldiers

4. Faulty distribution of troops

5. Bleak prospects of Indians to higher ranks

$\huge{Immediate \: Cause}$

The cartidges used in newly enfield rifle were said to be greased with the fat of cows or pigs. The greased paper of the cartidges had to be bitten off with the teeth before loading them in the rifle. The use of these cartidges angered both Hindu and Muslim sepoys.