Why was the issue of greased cartridges so important in 1858?
What were the main events of the war?
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Religious reasons played an important role in the eruption of the war of independence 1857. The preaching of Christianity was causing unrest among Indians. Both the Hindus and Muslims felt that Christian priests were free to preach Christianity and they were supported by their government. Free education and free medical was a good initiative for some Indians to convert to Christianity. In 1838, Indian troops were sent to Afghanistan. Both Muslims and Hindus did not like this policy because Muslims did not want to fight against their Muslim brothers and for Hindus it was against their religion to leave India.
Greased cartridge event was also another important cause. In January 1857, a new rifle was introduced in which new cartridges were imported from England. A rumour spread that before using the cartridges, a strip was to be removed with the help of teeth and this strip was covered with the fat of either cow or pig. Both the Muslims and the Hindus refused to accept new cartridges because for Muslims, pig was unlawful and for Hindus, cow was unlawful. In Meerat, a Hindu sepoy, Mangal Pande was executed due to his refusal to use the cartridges. In May 1857, a group of sepoys refused to use them. They were put into prison but in the evening, the other Indian sepoys killed all the British officers, released these sepoys, looted arms and spread in the city of Meerat and the war started which spread very soon in the United Province and Delhi.
In 1834, English replaced Persian as the official language. Since Muslims considered Persian as their own language, they felt it very badly. Almost in the same year, English was also made compulsory as the medium of instruction in schools and colleges. According to an English educationist, a shelf of English books was better than all the literature in Hindi and Arabic. Such remarks created the impression that English wanted to impose their culture in India. It was also understood that without English, an Indian could not enter into Indian civil service even as a clerk. Government schools and colleges were controlled by Christian missionaries which gave the impression to Indians that these schools wanted to convert Indians to Christianity. Besides that Indian ladies could not get education without quitting ‘purdah’ or their covering which was a part of their culture. These factors caused anger among Indians.
Evaluation: It is difficult to determine one factor responsible for the war of independence because it was the result of a general frustration against the British. In my opinion, greased cartridge event was the major factor in spreading the war. It is because it was the event which created unrest in the army and it was the army which dared to take action against the British. The cartridge event was religious, social and political and it united both Hindus and Muslims.
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