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When People Rebel 1857 and After
Why were the reasons for discontent of Indian sepoys with Company?
The Indian sepoys in the employ of the Company also had reasons for discontent.
(i)They were unhappy about their pay, allowances and conditions of service. Some of the new rules, moreover, violated their religious sensibilities and beliefs.
(ii)In those days many people in the country believed that if they crossed the sea they would lose their religion and caste.
So when in 1824 the sepoys were told to go to Burma by the sea route to fight for the Company, they refused to follow the order, though they agreed to go by the land route. They were severely punished, and since the issue did not die down, in 1856 the Company passed a new law which stated that every new person who took up employment in the Company’s army had to agree to serve overseas if required
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What impact did Bahadur Shah Zafar's support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
In what ways did the British change their policies as a result of the rebellion of 1857?
The new law passed in 1850 made
The Revolt of 1857 began from
Mangal Pandey, a young soldier, was hanged to death for
The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar died in
The British regained control of the country in the year?
In the countryside peasants and zamindars resented the ____________ and the rigid methods of __________collection.
The British passed laws to stop the practice of ___________ and to encourage the ______________ of windows.
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