Mangal Pandey
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The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 was the pressure of the British to try to convert lawfully free Hindis to Christianity. Army officials used convert ways to push the conversion, including greasing bullets with pig or cow fat and pacing a huge disparity in pay on the Hindis. Also, many of the case system in Indian believed the leaving of Indian territory resulted in a loss of caste position. Those that refused deployment were disbanded, and those that went were shunned by their own upon returning home.
On May 10, 1857, it started out as a mutanty of seypoys againt the British East India Company's Army. Other citizens began to rebell as well, which was threatning to the Company's power. As a result in 1858, India was governed by the crown and known as the British Raj.
TheIndian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Sepoy of the British http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/East_India_Company's army on 10 May, 1857, in the town of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Meerut
1. End of the rule of the Company2. Alteration In the British Policy towards the Indian States3. Conclusion of Peshwaship4. End of the Mughal Rule5. The Army was reorganized6. India was economically exploited7. Nationalism began to rise8. Introduction of Policy of Divide and Rule The impact of the Revolt :9. End of the rule of the Company10. Alteration in the British Policy towards the Indian States11. Conclusion of Peshwaship12. End of the Mughal Rule13. The Army was reorganized14. India was economically exploited15. Nationalism began to rise16. Introduction of Policy of Divide and Rule
mangal pandey
the revolt of 1857 is known as sepoy rebellion as because sepoy (army men's) of british India started this revolt. one of them is mangal panday. this revolt is first revolt for independence
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The 1857 Uprising (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny) began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army in the town of Meerut, some 70 km northeast of Delhi.
British Indian Army was created in 1857.
The revolt of 1857 is called by different names which are ` Indian rebellion of 1857, First war of Indian independence, `sepoy rebellion, Indian mutiny ... There was a threat to British rule in India, when native Indian soldiers of the British army rose in revolt in 1857 against their British officers. They had many problems with the company. The revolt came after the incidence of greased cartridges. A rumour was spread that grease of the cartrdges, whose end had to be bitten off before loading the newly introduced Enfield rifle was made of beef or pig fat ... This hurt the religious feelings of both the Hindus and the Muslims. The Hindus consider the cow a sacred animal and the Muslims consider pig as unclean ... On 9th may at Meerut, soldiers refused to use these cartridges as they felt that the British were trying to destroy their religion. Therefore of the Indian regiments shot down their officers, broke open the prisons and set free their jailed fellow soldiers ...
John Nixon - Indian Army officer - was born in 1857.
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The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 was the pressure of the British to try to convert lawfully free Hindis to Christianity. Army officials used convert ways to push the conversion, including greasing bullets with pig or cow fat and pacing a huge disparity in pay on the Hindis. Also, many of the case system in Indian believed the leaving of Indian territory resulted in a loss of caste position. Those that refused deployment were disbanded, and those that went were shunned by their own upon returning home.
Arthur Barrett - Indian Army officer - was born on 1857-06-03.
Bruce Hamilton - British Army officer - was born on 1857-12-07.
On May 10, 1857, it started out as a mutanty of seypoys againt the British East India Company's Army. Other citizens began to rebell as well, which was threatning to the Company's power. As a result in 1858, India was governed by the crown and known as the British Raj.