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Britain, India and the Mutiny of 1857 - Coggle Diagram
Britain, India and the Mutiny of 1857
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Mutiny: the causes
Indian rulers resented Dalhousie's recent expansions : conservatives disliked westerniszation + Doctrine of Lapse
Economic grievances in towns and countryside : unemployment bc of Brit exports + new practice of agriculture
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Casus belli : Affair of the Greased Cartridges -> the grease of cartidges exported by Brit was made from cow/pig fat -> May 10 1857, Meerut sepoys mutinied (killed Europ officers)
Events
Cawnpore : s3-week siege, sepoys then massacred them
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Brit besieged in Lucknow, Canning's attemps only strenghtened the conflict
Started in Meerut, spread to Bengal, Oudh, North-West provinces (++ Dheli, Cawnpore, Lucknow) // others remained loyal (Punjab)
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Results
Canning -> policy of moderation, abandoned doctrine of lapse
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1858 : Gov of India Act ->abolished the East India Company, transfered its powers to the Crown (gov-gene = Viceroy)
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