the revolt of 1857 is known as sepoy rebellion as because sepoy (army men's) of british India started this revolt. one of them is mangal panday. this revolt is first revolt for independence
a sepoy revolt.
the revolt of 1857 was not merely a sepoy mutiny. it also included the pesants, artisians city folka andartisians. every section of the Indian society was angered by the british. there was no one in India who did not regret british rule. thus it included all the sections of the undian society.
The 1857 Uprising (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny) began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army in the town of Meerut, some 70 km northeast of Delhi.
The British East India company began issuing cap lock Enfields to its Sepoy troops beginning about 1855. Indeed this switch of armaments is seen by many historians as one of the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1858. (A rumour was circulated that the paper cartridges were sealed with lard and therefore unclean by Islamic codes) That being said many flintlocks were still used up to the early 20th century in India by the various Maharajahs armies especially in Gujarat, The Punjab, and Bengal.
the revolt of 1857 is known as sepoy rebellion as because sepoy (army men's) of british India started this revolt. one of them is mangal panday. this revolt is first revolt for independence
a sepoy revolt.
Mangal Pandey was a sepoy who fired the shot that started the 1857 revolt for Indian freedom. His actions showed that the British could be revolted against.
Mangal Pandey led the Indian rebellion of 1857 at Barrackpore near Calcutta, present-day Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. This event is known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Independence.
the revolt of 1857 was not merely a sepoy mutiny. it also included the pesants, artisians city folka andartisians. every section of the Indian society was angered by the british. there was no one in India who did not regret british rule. thus it included all the sections of the undian society.
The Revolt of 1857, Mangal Pandey was the famous rebellion and Rani Jhansi was famous fighter in the revolt
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It is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny as it relates to 'sipahi' which means the soldier, in Hindi. It is also known as Sepoy Mutiny as there were mainly the soldiers involved in it and after that gradually, the common people of India took the part in it.
It is also known as the Sepoy Mutiny as it relates to 'sipahi' which means the soldier, in Hindi. It is also known as Sepoy Mutiny as there were mainly the soldiers involved in it and after that gradually, the common people of India took the part in it.
it was a movement by the Indians, tried to revolt against the British, and the British East India Company.
Ramesa Chandra Manumdar has written: 'The Sepoy mutiny and the revolt of 1857 ...'
The foreign rule angered many Indians who wanted independence. The British had not treated the Indians as equals.