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The Revolt of 1857 and Its Representations
Examine the relationship of the Indian sepoys with their superior white officers in the years preceding the uprising of 1857.
(a) In the years preceding the 1857 uprising the sepoys relationship with their superior white officers underwent a major change. In the 1820’s white officers made it a point to maintain friendly relations with the sepoys.
(b) They would participate their leisure activities wrestle, fence with them and even go out hawking with them. The officers were both disciplinarians and father figures to them.
(c) In the 1840’s, however, the officers began to feel that the sepoys were racially inferior to them and began to feel superior to them.
(d) They treated them with contempt and abused and hit them without any reason.
(e) A distance began to grow between the sepoys and officers. Trust was replaced by suspicion. The episode of the greased cartridges was a classic example of this.
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What did the rebels want? To what extent did the vision of different social groups differ?
What do visual representations tell us about the revolt of 1857? How do historians analyse these representations?
Examine any two sources presented in the chapter, choosing one visual and one text, and discuss how these represent the point of view of the victor and the vanquished.
Why did the moneylenders and the rich people become victims of the wrath of mutineers in the Revolt of 1857?
Who led the Revolt of 1857 in following places–Kanpur, Jhansi, Bihar and Lucknow (Awadh).
Which people propagated the Revolt of 1857?
Give any two social reasons for the Revolt of 1857.
Give any two political causes for the Revolt of 1857.
What were the religious causes for the Revolt of 1857?
How Nawab of Awadh became powerless with the Subsidiary Alliance?
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