Which reforms were resented by the Indian people and why? in the revolt of 1857
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The result of the uprising was a feeling among the British that they had conquered India and were entitled to rule. The Mughal Emperor was banished and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was declared sovereign. The British East India Company, which had represented the British Government in India and which acted as agent of the Mughals, was closed down and replaced by direct control from London through a Governor-General.
Prior to the revolt, some British officials in India saw Indians as equals and dreamed of a long-term partnership between Britain and India to the benefit of both. These officials had a sympathetic knowledge of Indian languages and culture. Afterwards, fewer officials saw value in anything Indian and many developed a sense of racial superiority, depicting India as a chaotic and dangerous place where the different communities, especially Muslim and Hindu, were only kept from butchering one another by Britain's exercise of power.
The rebellion was widely perceived to have been a mainly Muslim uprising, although prominent Hindus also participated. However, Muslims especially would find themselves less favored following this incident, with a few exceptions.[2]India's eventual partition into India and Pakistan, based on the "two nation" theory that her Hindus and Muslims represented two distinct nations whose people could not live together in peace, may be seen as another long-term result of the uprising.
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1 Causes of the Revolt
1.1 The "Doctrine of Lapse"
2 Start of the revolt
2.1 Mangal Pandey
2.2 3rd Light Cavalry at Meerut
3 Support and Opposition
4 Initial stages
4.1 Delhi
4.2 Cawnpore (Kanpur)
4.3 Lucknow
4.4 Jhansi
4.5 Other areas
5 Retaliation – "The Devil's Wind"
6 Reorganization
7 Debate over name of conflict
8 Debate over the national character of the rebellion
9 Notes
10 References and further reading
11 External links
12 Credits
Prior to the revolt, some British officials in India saw Indians as equals and dreamed of a long-term partnership between Britain and India to the benefit of both. These officials had a sympathetic knowledge of Indian languages and culture. Afterwards, fewer officials saw value in anything Indian and many developed a sense of racial superiority, depicting India as a chaotic and dangerous place where the different communities, especially Muslim and Hindu, were only kept from butchering one another by Britain's exercise of power.
The rebellion was widely perceived to have been a mainly Muslim uprising, although prominent Hindus also participated. However, Muslims especially would find themselves less favored following this incident, with a few exceptions.[2]India's eventual partition into India and Pakistan, based on the "two nation" theory that her Hindus and Muslims represented two distinct nations whose people could not live together in peace, may be seen as another long-term result of the uprising.
Contents
[hide]
1 Causes of the Revolt
1.1 The "Doctrine of Lapse"
2 Start of the revolt
2.1 Mangal Pandey
2.2 3rd Light Cavalry at Meerut
3 Support and Opposition
4 Initial stages
4.1 Delhi
4.2 Cawnpore (Kanpur)
4.3 Lucknow
4.4 Jhansi
4.5 Other areas
5 Retaliation – "The Devil's Wind"
6 Reorganization
7 Debate over name of conflict
8 Debate over the national character of the rebellion
9 Notes
10 References and further reading
11 External links
12 Credits
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