Why did the rebellion of 1857-58 in Assam? (5 marks)
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Explanation:
Revolt of 1857 is considered a watershed movement in history. Historians like Sir John Seeley called the revolt a mere sepoy mutiny with no popular support and native leadership. Dr. K Datta considers the revolt as a military outbreak, taken advantage of by some discontent landlords and princes who were suffering under the new political order. VD Savarkar calls it the first war of independence. On the other hand historians like Thomas Metcalf and Stanley Wolpert tries to take a middle ground by stating that it was more than a sepoy mutiny but less than the war for independence. Marxist historians are of the view that it was a struggle of the soldier- peasant combine against feudal and foreign bondage. Some historians have tried to give it a religious angle by referring to it as a religious war. Thus, there are different interpretations regarding the nature of the revolt.
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