Question

Why did some nawabs and rulers of local kingdoms join the revolt of 1857?​

Answer 1

Answer:

There were a lot of factors that affected local rulers.

Provinces like Satara and Jhansi were confiscated by the by the British.

Explanation:

Doctrine of lapse- devices by lord Dalhousie. Asserted that any provincial ruler of a dependent state who did not have a Male heir to the throne The state would go to the British company. The adopted son would only inherit the personal property but not the kingdom nor treasury.

Disrespect the last mughal ruler- Indians were ruled by mughals for a long time .Bahadur shah ,the last mughal ruler was denied the kingdom. This angered many others rulers and nawabs.

Awadh was confiscated by the British without any proper reason. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was disspossed on grounds of intolerable misgovernment.