causes for revolt of 1857?

Question

economic, political, social, religious, administrative, military, immediate causes

Answer 1

he Revolt of 1857 is the first Indian revolt for independence against the British government, ruling India at that time under Imperialism as a colonial master. The main causes of the revolt were the so-called unjust exploitative and oppressive policies of the British government at that time. It shook the very foundations of the British rule in India. British historian call it 'THE SEPOY MUTINY'. Indian historians call it as 'THE REVOLT OF 1857'.
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CAUSES OF THE REVOLT

POLITICAL CAUSES

1. Lord Dalhousie caused widespread resentment among the Indian rulers and their subjects by aggressively expanding his state and annexing native Indian states

2. He annexed states of satara nagpur and jhansi by applying the doctrine of lapse

3. NANA SAHEB was denied a pension after his father's death. He was the son of Peshwa Baji rao II

4. Bahadur Shah's successor was denied the right to live at the red fort

5. He annexed Awadh, accusing the government of maladministration and shocking the nawab who was a faithful ally and the people of India

6. The British did not obey the treaties sometimes and they were broken according to the need of the British and the nawabs at that time could not trust any treaty at all.

ECONOMIC CAUSES

The policy of economic exploitation by the British and widespread destruction of the traditional economic structure caused widespread resentment among Indian society.

1. The zamindari(land lord) system was introduced by the British and the peasants were exploited by them. They were often tortured or jailed when the peasants failed to pay the taxes

2. The landlords also were insecured and jagirs(lands) were confiscated when the taxes did not match the assigned goals. 3. The interests of India were not the first priority of the government. They came in India for economic profit, which was the main priority. The traditional industries collapsed under the pressure of industrialized fields. No measures were taken to improve the conditions of the peasants and the artisans. 4. The annexation of Indian states was followed by large scale unemployment and economic distress as a large number of court officials and other lost their means of earning. All the poets, artisans etc working under these rulers lost their jobs.

SOCIAL CAUSES

1. Social reforms by the Britishers were hated by the Indians who took it as a mark of British interference in the political affairs of India. 2. The efforts of missionaries t convert people to Christianity also angered the Indians. 3. The introduction of western education undermined the position of the traditional teachers and teaching methods in India. 4. The introduction of railways, telegraphs and posts, though good for he society, gave birth to doubts and fear among the poorer and illiterate section of the society. 5. The British judicial system introduced the principal of equality which undermined the presence of caste system in India. 6. The British looked down upon Indians and followed a policy of racial discrimination and separated themselves as 'superiors' from the Indian society. Lord Wellesley described Indians as vulgar, ignorant, rude, familiar and stupid.

Military causes

1. The Sepoys had helped the British to establish their empire in India but were not awarded or promoted at all. On the contrary, they were treated with contempt. 2. There was a discrimination between the Indian and the British soldiers. 3. An Indian soldier got much less salary as compared to a Western soldier. 4. The senior British officers did not pay any respect to the Indian soldiers at all. 5. The act passed in 1856 that made it compulsory for all troops to serve overseas hurted the feelings of the soldiers as hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to a loss of caste. 6. After Awadh's annexation, the army was disbanded and a lot of soldiers lost their livelihood which led to general anger against the British 7. The Indian soldiers were much more in number as compared to the British soldiers. In 1856 the number of Indian troops was up to 5 times as compared to the British troops. This also encouraged the Sepoys to rise against the British.

THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE

The issue of the grease cartridges that had a greased cover which needed to be bitten off before loading the enfield rifle. The rumour was that the grease used in these cartridges contained cow fat and pig lard, not permitted to be touched by the lips of a Hindu. The soldiers took it as a challenge to their religion and were extremely angry with the British.

Answer 2

The revolt of 1857, popularly known as "The First War of Independence", burst due to many reasons. The Britishers, who were the rulers of the then India, did not care for its development. They were interested to drain the resources of the nation. For this, they formulated many policies, political, economical and religious. Lord Dalhousie formulated a policy called " Doctrine of Lapse", according to which the princely states wold be annexed to the empire, if the Head of such states did not have offspring. This resulted huge apprehensions among princes that the empire was trying to snatch their provinces somehow. The Britishers drained most of the resources of India by levying huge taxes on the native industries, because of which the Indian folk grew rivelry against the British. Religiously, the introduction of Enfield Catridges, which were coated with the fat of cow, which is pious for Hindus and pig, which is hated by the Muslims, arose anger among the soldiers as they had to uncover the coat with their mouth. This introduction widened the apprehension of the religious people that the British was trying to humiliate Hindus and Muslims. Broadly speaking, these are the major causes for revolt of 1857.

Answer 3

Sepoy Revolt

Answer 4

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence. The Sepoy Rebellion and the Indian Mutiny (however, see Debate over name as the issue is controversial), was a prolonged period of armed uprisings in different parts of India against British occupation of that part of the subcontinent. Small precursors of brewing discontent involving incidences of arson in cantonment areas began to manifest themselves in January. Later, a large-scale rebellion broke out in May and turned into what may be called a full-fledged war in the affected regions. This war brought about the end of the British East India Company's rule in India, and led to direct rule by the British government (British Raj) of much of the Indian subcontinent for the next 90 years, although some states retained nominal independence under their respective Rajas, or kings. CAUSES : The rebellion or the war for independence had diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes. The sepoys of the Bengal Army had their own list of grievances against the Company Raj, mainly caused by the ethnic gulf between the British officers and their Indian troops. It was also rumoured that the British had started to issue new bullets that had cow and pig fat on them, which insulted both Hindus and Muslims. Other than Indian units of the British East India Company's army, much of the resistance came from the old aristocracy, who were seeing their power steadily eroded under the British.

Answer 5

the main cause of revolt was quite religious,the Hindus who were against the ammunition that they had to chew and shot was made out of the cows fat. in India cow is considered sacred. thus creating anger against the Britishers. thus the spark was created which eventually ended in the revolt of 1857

Answer 6

hello!
well i know immediate cause
1)that is that the hindus and muslims were forced by the britishers to convert themselves into christanity.
2)A new kind of catridge was launched whose outer covering has to be bitten up by teeth and that outer covering was made up of beef and pig fat .Hindus and muslims were forced to use that catridge ,however this hurted their religious sentiments and therefore it lead to the Revolt of 1857.(immediate cause).
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Answer 7

eonomic: the british had started this new economic policy which greatly affected the the indian small scale industries and the indian artisans
political: lord dalhousie began annexin various states like jharkhand etc. by statin that they didn't have heirs
social: the british govt. introdduced new laws like the ban on sati, widow remarriage etc
religious: they satted that the christian converts wrer to be a part of their parents inheritance inspite of their conversion
military: the indian soldiers comprised a major part of the british army but they weren't paid adequate salaries and wrer given promotions
immediate causes: the british introduced new enfield rifles whose cartridges were supposedly coated with the fat of cows and pigs which hurt the hindu and muslim sentiments

Answer 8

Revolt of 1857 is the first Indian revolt for independence against the British government, ruling India at that time under Imperialism as a colonial master. The main causes of the revolt were the so-called unjust exploitative and oppressive policies of the British government at that time. It shook the very foundations of the British rule in India. British historian call it 'THE SEPOY MUTINY'. Indian historians call it as 'THE REVOLT OF 1857'.
[edit]

CAUSES OF THE REVOLT

POLITICAL CAUSES

1. Lord Dalhousie caused widespread resentment among the Indian rulers and their subjects by aggressively expanding his state and annexing native Indian states

2. He annexed states of satara nagpur and jhansi by applying the doctrine of lapse

3. NANA SAHEB was denied a pension after his father's death. He was the son of Peshwa Baji rao II

4. Bahadur Shah's successor was denied the right to live at the red fort

5. He annexed Awadh, accusing the government of maladministration and shocking the nawab who was a faithful ally and the people of India

6. The British did not obey the treaties sometimes and they were broken according to the need of the British and the nawabs at that time could not trust any treaty at all.

ECONOMIC CAUSES

The policy of economic exploitation by the British and widespread destruction of the traditional economic structure caused widespread resentment among Indian society.

1. The zamindari(land lord) system was introduced by the British and the peasants were exploited by them. They were often tortured or jailed when the peasants failed to pay the taxes

2. The landlords also were insecured and jagirs(lands) were confiscated when the taxes did not match the assigned goals. 3. The interests of India were not the first priority of the government. They came in India for economic profit, which was the main priority. The traditional industries collapsed under the pressure of industrialized fields. No measures were taken to improve the conditions of the peasants and the artisans. 4. The annexation of Indian states was followed by large scale unemployment and economic distress as a large number of court officials and other lost their means of earning. All the poets, artisans etc working under these rulers lost their jobs.

SOCIAL CAUSES

1. Social reforms by the Britishers were hated by the Indians who took it as a mark of British interference in the political affairs of India. 2. The efforts of missionaries t convert people to Christianity also angered the Indians. 3. The introduction of western education undermined the position of the traditional teachers and teaching methods in India. 4. The introduction of railways, telegraphs and posts, though good for he society, gave birth to doubts and fear among the poorer and illiterate section of the society. 5. The British judicial system introduced the principal of equality which undermined the presence of caste system in India. 6. The British looked down upon Indians and followed a policy of racial discrimination and separated themselves as 'superiors' from the Indian society. Lord Wellesley described Indians as vulgar, ignorant, rude, familiar and stupid.

Military causes

1. The Sepoys had helped the British to establish their empire in India but were not awarded or promoted at all. On the contrary, they were treated with contempt. 2. There was a discrimination between the Indian and the British soldiers. 3. An Indian soldier got much less salary as compared to a Western soldier. 4. The senior British officers did not pay any respect to the Indian soldiers at all. 5. The act passed in 1856 that made it compulsory for all troops to serve overseas hurted the feelings of the soldiers as hindus believed that overseas travel would lead to a loss of caste. 6. After Awadh's annexation, the army was disbanded and a lot of soldiers lost their livelihood which led to general anger against the British 7. The Indian soldiers were much more in number as compared to the British soldiers. In 1856 the number of Indian troops was up to 5 times as compared to the British troops. This also encouraged the Sepoys to rise against the British.

Answer 9

kartus coated with cow skin,given unconfortable living

Answer 10

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