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REVOLT OF 1857 (RESULT (Rule of EIC came to an end, but now India was…
REVOLT OF 1857
RESULT
Rule of EIC came to an end, but now India was under direct rule of BP and Queen Victoria(QV was declared empress of India in 1876b{royal title act}) QV promised to look after Indian citizens
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CAUSES
Political
Doctrine of lapse in the states of Satara, Nagpur, Jhansi (Intro by Lord Dalhousi)
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Economic
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Landrevenue system caused misery among the pesants
if cultivators failed to pay land revenue they were tortured
British goods were sold at cheaper rate in Indian markets which led to collapse of Indian handicraft industry and market
Social/ Religious
White magic
(Railway, post & telegraph)
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EVENT
Merut
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High violence- Officers killed, telegraph lines cut, houses on fire, freed soldiers
Delhi
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Return of Mughal empire
Bahadur shah zafar- proclaimed empror but soon Bahadur shah zafar was exiled to Rangoon
son, grandson killed & bodies displayed on street
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Kanpur
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B ppl- Rebels punished, NS ran Tantyatope fought but hanged
Luknow
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Sepoys of Lukhnow, Awadh, local ppl
Conquered Luknow, defeated B, but Luknow was recaptured
Rebels hanged, leader ran to Nepal
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