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The first war of independence - Coggle Diagram
The first war of independence
sepoys captured the city of Delhi .
Causes of revolt .
social and religious causes.
Christian convert was enable to receive
his/her ancestral property.
Indians were not allowed to travel in first class train compartment .
British considered themselves superiors .
Military causes.
feelings of soldiers was hurted by British .
Economic causes.
Zamindari system.
Annexation of princely states .
Immediate causes.
Mangal Pandey refused to use the greased cartirage.
Political causes.
The Indian rulers had personal scores to settle with the British .
SubsidIary alliance .
Doctorine of lapse .
course of revolt.
Sepoy broke open the prison ad released the imprisoned soldiers .
Afghans and Gurkhas remained loyal to the British .
Suppression of the revolt .
sons of Bahadur Shah Zafar II was cruely shot down .
Lucknow was recaptured in 1858 . Rani Lakshmi Bai was killed in the battle and Tantya tope was captured and hanged to death .
Causes of the faliure of the revolt
Failed communication .
disunity in rebel
rebels were not having modern weapons
leadership of the revolt was not strong.
Results of the revolt .
Governor general was given the tittle of viceroy - the representative of the British crown .
The Indian princes were given the assurance that their states would not be annexed .
full religious freedom was guaranteed to the Indians .