Revolt of 1857called the First war of Independence? • The Revolt though initially started by the Indian soldiers in the service of the East Indian Company‚ spread like fire throughout length & breadth of the country. All sections of the people including princes‚ Jagirdars‚ farmers‚ artisans &soldiers for independence .Hindus &Muslims fought shoulder to shoulder to throw out the British .Hence 1857 Revolt is called the first war of independence. Q2) Write the political causes of the First war
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Background: Arrival of British As a background we have to understand that after 1857 Muslims were passing through a very difficult period‚ a period of degeneration and decay but the roots of this decay can be traced back to the earlier period. In fact‚ the decay of the Muslims started with the degeneration of the Mughal Empire and in that context Europeans started coming to India. The British being last of them and ultimately they controlled most of India. It was a beginning of the 17th century
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staffed by British officers and Indian soldiers called sepoys. The British Empire used the Indian colony as a source for raw materials and as an economic dumping ground‚ utilizing the many Indian citizens as both workforce and consumer. The Indian people were only allowed to buy British goods and were not allowed to compete with Indian made goods on the economic market. Early British intervention in Indian systems of government was actually quite relaxed. Indians for the most part still controlled
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India Company in the year 1849 at the age of 22. Pandey was part of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry and is primarily known for his involvement in an attack on his senior British officers on 29th March 1857 at Barrackpore. This incident marked an opening stage ofSepoy Mutiny of 1857 or the First War of Indian Independence. It is said that
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Patriotism is the sentiment associated with the country one lives in. Since the country is considered motherland or fatherland it draws the respect of the people. Thus patriotism is a noble sentiment as it is based on devotion and selfless sacrifice of the people. It is the foundation that holds the structure of the nation. It is a pious sentiment and has always been adored by the people of all the nations. All hold the patriots of their nations in high esteem. They build either their statues or
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at Jalian Wala Bagh in Punjab. The islands of Andaman & Nicobar‚ located in the Bay of Bengal and separated from the Indian mainland by thousands of kilometres of sea all around‚ was used by the British as penal settlement to which they banished thousands of freedom fighters as well as petty criminals. The first lot of 200 sepoys (privates) who participated in Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 arrived on the 10th of March‚ 1858‚ at Andaman and many were to follow. Under Superintendent J. B. Walker‚ the prisoners
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doctrine of laissez faire. The influence of liberal ideas was reflected in the administrative and legislative endeavours of Governor General William Bentinck. The British policy at this stage was an attempt to devise a balance between the traditional Indian society and the British Capitalist system based on rule of law. In Britain the ideology of laissez faire gave
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did not want to be controlled by the British. But at the Battle of Plassey‚ Britain proved its dominance. By 1865‚ India was under control of the East India Trading Company. The British felt they were more or less welcome until the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. Its immediate cause was the cartridge for the new rifle‚ which had to be bitten before it was loaded. Rumors spread that the cartridge were greased with cow-fat and pig-lard. Because the cow is sacred to the Hindus‚ and the Moslems considers
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not appreciate being told what to do and these voices grew stronger as time went along. Over the time‚ Britain had given more and more freedom to India until it was almost free. Around the time of World War 2‚ Britain asked for the assistance of Indians to fight in the war against Japan. India relented but then talks broke down and India demanded it be free. The Muslim faction of British India (or British Raj)‚ which made up a smaller percentage of British India than Hindus did‚ did not want India
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and Karakal on the east coast. Whereas portugal’s territories were limited to Goa‚ Daman and Diu around the mid 18th century. In addition‚ after these forces were expelled from India the British empire did not have complete dominion over India. By 1857 Britain had direct control over most of| India. Britain had undergone an industrial revolution during the 1760s which allowed them to modernise more efficiently. Where as‚ India
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