Examine the proclamations issued by the rebels in 1857 and explain why did they want to reject everything associated with the British rule in India.
It is well known to all, that in this age the people of Hindustan, both Hindus and Mohammedans, are being ruined under the tyranny and the oppression of the infidel and treacherous English. It is therefore the bounden duty of all the wealthy people of India, especially those who have any sort of connection with the Mohammedan Royal families and are considered the pastors and masters of their people, to stake, their lives and property for the well-being of the public.
The proclamations completely rejected everything associated with British rule or firangi raj as they called it. The condemned the British for the annexations they had carried out and the treaties they had broken. The British, the rebel leaders said, could not be trusted.
