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The storm-centres of the revolt were Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi and Arrah. All these places threw up their own leaders who, for all practical purposes, remained independent, even though they accepted the suzerainty of Emperor Bahadur Shah.
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The revolt of 1857 was the conscious beginning of the Independence struggle against the colonial tyranny of the British. There are various names for the revolt of 1857 – India’s First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny, etc. The revolt began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as a sepoy mutiny.
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- In India, the term First War of Independence was first popularized by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1909 book The History of the War of Indian In...
- The immediate factor was the introduction of the ‘Enfield’ rifle. It was said that the cartridge of this rifle was wrapped in the fat of cow and pi...
- There are many reasons that led to the revolt of 1857. Major reasons for the revolt can be broadly classified into – Political, Social, Economic, R...
- The main impact of the 1857 revolt was the abolishment of the East India Company, India was under the direct control of British authority, The Indi...
- The major goal of the uprising was to prevent the assimilation of Indians into Western and British culture. Indians felt that the British wanted to...
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 has been variously termed as a war of independence, a rebellion, and a mutiny. Several Indian writers, who consider it as a part of the Indian independence movement that ultimately led to the country's independence in 1947, have termed it as "The First War of Independence", the "great revolution", the "great ...
Oct 18, 2022 · The 1857-8 Sepoy Mutiny (aka Sepoy Rebellion, Indian Mutiny, The Uprising or First Indian War of Independence) was a failed rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company (EIC) in India.
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- The Sepoy Mutiny or Indian Mutiny was a failed rebellion in India in 1857-8 against the British rule of the East India Company.
- The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by several factors: sepoys (Indian soldiers) unhappy with pay and conditions, princes angry at East India Company rule,...
- The 1857-8 Sepoy Mutiny in India was started by Indian East India Company soldiers (sepoys) unhappy with their pay and the institutional discrimina...
- The British East India Company defeated the rebels of the 1857-8 Sepoy Mutiny because they had far greater resources, many of their Indian troops (...
Aug 1, 2024 · Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion begun in 1857 against British rule in India. It began when Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of Britain’s East India Company refused to use purportedly tainted weaponry.
Aug 5, 2024 · The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857.
