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The document summarizes the key causes and events of the Revolt of 1857 in India against British rule. The major causes included administrative, political, economic, socio-religious and military discrimination. The immediate cause was the introduction of the greased cartridges. The revolt began in Meerut in May 1857 and spread to Delhi, Awadh, Kanpur, Jhansi and Bihar, led by figures like Bahadur Shah Zafar, Nana Sahib and Rani Laxmibai. However, the revolt failed due to a lack of coordination, unified ideology and arms. The British abolished the East India Company's rule after the revolt and restructured their administration.

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The Revolt of 1857 The Revolt of 1857 The Revolt of 1857

The document summarizes the key causes and events of the Revolt of 1857 in India against British rule. The major causes included administrative, political, economic, socio-religious and military discrimination. The immediate cause was the introduction of the greased cartridges. The revolt began in Meerut in May 1857 and spread to Delhi, Awadh, Kanpur, Jhansi and Bihar, led by figures like Bahadur Shah Zafar, Nana Sahib and Rani Laxmibai. However, the revolt failed due to a lack of coordination, unified ideology and arms. The British abolished the East India Company's rule after the revolt and restructured their administration.

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THE REVOLT OF

1857
Causes| Revolt| Suppression |Aftermaths

For MJS Defence Academy


CAUSES

• Administrative Cause

• Political Cause

• Economic Cause

• Socio-Religious Cause

• Military Cause

• Immediate Cause
ADMINISTRATIVE CAUSE

• Indians limited to lower posts.

• Discrimination in pay.

• Corrupt administration.

• System not suitable to Indians scenario.


POLITICAL CAUSE

• Interference of British in Indian political scenario.

• Uncertainty in the treaties of the British.

• Disrespect to Indian tradition of successions.

• Policies of the Company.


ECONOMIC CAUSE
• High taxation

• Destruction of Local Artisans

• Rise of new Zamindars

• Rise of Money Lenders


SOCIO-RELIGIOUS CAUSE

• Social reforms introduced by Company

• Company’s support to Christian Missionaries

• Lexi-Loci Act
MILITARY CAUSE

• Discrimination in the ranks

• Uniform rules

• Unequal pay for equal ranks

• Conflict with local customs

• Refusal to pay extra allowances

• New Postal Act


IMMEDIATE CAUSE

• Doctrine of Lapse

• Annexation of Awadh

• Bullet Cartridges Smeared with Beef and Pork Fat


START OF REVOLT

• Feb, 1857 – 19th Native Infantry Berhampur


• March, 1857 – Mangal Pandey of 34th Native Infantry shot his senior
officers.

• April, 1857 – 90 men of 3rd Native Cavalry at Meerut.


• 9 May, 1857 – 85 of them were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
• 10 May 1857 – General Mutiny started in Meerut.
• 11 May 1857 – Marched to Delhi
• 12 May 1857 – Captured Delhi and Proclaimed Bahadur Shah ‘Zaffar’ as
emperor of India
STORM CENTRES AND LEADERS

Delhi
• Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’ and General Bakht Khan

• Suppressor – John Nicholson

• Bakht Khan established court in Delhi in the name of the Emperor.

• Delhi fell on 20 September 1857 to John Nicholson.


STORM CENTRES AND LEADERS

Lucknow (Awadh)
• Begum Hazrat Mahal and Maulvi Ahmadshah

• Suppressor – Collin Campbell

• She declared her son Birjis Qadir as Nawab of Awadh.

• Lucknow was recaptured in March 1858.


STORM CENTRES AND LEADERS

Kanpur
• Nana Sahib and Tantia Tope

• Suppressor – Collin Campbell

• Nana Sahib captured Kanpur and declared himself Peshwa, acknowledged Bahadur
Shah as emperor of India and declared himself as his governor.

• Kanpur was recaptured on 6 December 1857.

• Nana Sahib fled to Nepal and Tantia Tope was captured and hanged in April 1859.
STORM CENTRES AND LEADERS

Jhansi
• Rani Laxmi Bai

• Suppressor – Hugh Rose

• Lord Dalhousie under Doctrine of Lapse, refused throne of Jhansi to

Damodar Rao (Adopted Son of Rani Laxmibai and Gangadhar Rao).

• She died in the battle in June 1858.


STORM CENTRES AND LEADERS

Bihar
• Babu Kunwar Singh

• Suppressor – William Taylor

• He was a Zamindar in Jagdishpur.

• He led the sepoy contingent who had arrived from Dinapore.


CAUSES OF FAILURE

• All India participation was absent

• All classes did not join

• Poor Arms and Equipment's

• Uncoordinated and Poorly organised

• No Unified Ideology
AFTERMATHS OF REVOLT

• Rule of Company Abolished.

• End of Conquest and Expansion policy of the British

• Army Restructured

• Stopped Social Reforms

• Policy of Divide and Rule


MCQ
1. Which one of the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 is correct?
a. It was a revolt carefully organised and planned by the Rajas, Nawabs and Taluqdars
b. Rumours and prophecies did not play any role in its outbreak and spread.
c. The rebel proclamations in 1857 repeatedly appealed to all sections of the population
irrespective of their caste and creed.
d. The British succeeded in quickly and easily controlling the rebels.

2. Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by –


a. Lord Wellesley
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Ripon

3. Who among the following dies in exile?


a. Rani Laxmi Bai
b. Bahadur Shah Zafar
c. Tantia Tope
d. Nana Saheb
4. Who among the following was believed to be a leader of Sanyasis and Fakirs conspiring against the
British in 1857?
a. Mangal Pandey
b. Bahadur Shah-II
c. Begum Hazrat Mahal
d. Nana Saheb
5. Which of the following was not a cause of the revolt of 1857?
a. The rumour that the British had mixed the bone dust of cows and pigs into the flour being sold in
the market.
b. The prophecy that the British rule would come to an end on the centenary of the Battel of Plassey
on 23 June 1857.
c. Popular discontent with the British Rule.
d. The prophecy that the end of British rule would lead to the end of the Kali Yuga and return of the
Ram Rajya.

6. Which of the following was not a feature of Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley?
a. The British were responsible for protecting the ally from any external threats.
b All internal
i t l threats
th t ere to t be
b handled
h dl d b theth allll alone
l ith no help
h l from
f the
th British
B iti h
8. Consider the following people –
i. Kunwar Singh
ii. Nana Sahib
iii. Scindia of Gwalior
iv. Nizam of Hyderabad

Who among these did not take part in the Revolt of 1857?
a. i, ii and iv
b. ii and iii
c. iii and iv
d. i, ii, iii and iv

9. The Revolt of 1857 was witnessed by the poet


a. Mir Taqi
b. MirZauq
Jai Hind

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