Who led the revolt of 1857 and what was their basic weakness?
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The Revolt of 1857 was mainly started led by the Sepoys. That is why the revolt was commonly known as the Sepoy Mutiny.At Barrackpore, Sepoy Mangal Pandey rebelled against the commanders and this military rebellion combined with the civilian unrest caused the Doctrine of Lapse initiated by Dalhousie had led to upheaval on the Indian subcontinent.
The basic weakness was shortage of modern weapons and other materials of war.The organisation was poor and lacked unity of command and discipline.The British army was more stronger and well equiped.The idea of fighting and dying for a nation was still in its infancy and the rebels still fought on in the name of sometimes religion and mostly for defending their local towns and positions.
the main weakness of this was, it did not had a common leader
Answer:
Why did the Revolt Fail?
Limited Uprising
No effective leadership
Limited resources
No participation of Middle class
No Unified Ideology
Uncoordinated and Poorly Organized
Explanation:
Limited uprising: although the revolt was fairly widespread, a large part of the country remained unaffected by it.
The revolt was mainly confined to the Doab region. Sind, Rajputana, Kashmir, most parts of Punjab.
The large princely states, Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, and Kashmir, as well as the smaller ones of Rajputana, did not join the rebellion
The southern provinces did not take part in it.
No effective leadership: the rebels lacked an effective leader. Although Nana Saheb, Tantia Tope and Rani Lakshmi Bai were brave leaders, they could not offer effective leadership to the movement as a whole.
Limited resources: the rebels lacked resources in terms of men and money. The English, on the other hand, received a steady supply of men, money and arms in India.
Indian sepoys and people were short of modern weapons and other materials of war. Most of them fought with such ancient weapons as pikes and swords.
No participation of the middle class: The English educated middle class, the rich merchants, traders and zamindars of Bengal helped the British to suppress the revolt.
No Unified Ideology : The rebel units did not have a common plan of action, or authoritative heads, or centralized leadership.
Uncoordinated and Poorly Organized : Indian sepoys and other revolt participants were also poorly organized. There was communication gap and they lacked consensus.
The sepoys were brave and selfless but they were also ill-disciplined. Sometimes they behaved more like a riotous mob than a disciplined army.
The uprisings in different parts of the country were completely uncoordinated.
Once the Indian people overthrew British power from an area, they did not know what sort of power to create in its place.