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12 de ago. de 2019 · Origin of the Mutiny. The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The Company had upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges. In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers ...
The Uprising: The beginning of the Uprising can be dated to the 29 th of March 1857 at Barrackpore, when a sepoy called Mangal Pandey of the 34 th Bengal Native Infantry, attacked his officers. Pandey’s unit in the Bengal Army, which had refused to use the new rifle cartridges, was about to be punished and imprisoned.
English Cartoon on the Indian Rebellion of 1857 The drawing of Punch cartoonist John Tenniel depicts Lady Justice larger than life slaying terror-stricken Indians with the executioner's sword. She is supported by soldiers in the background.
Onset of the Rebellion. Several months of increasing tension preceded the actual rebellion. Fires broke out near Calcutta on January 24, 1857. On February 26, 1857 the 19th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment heard a rumor that new cartridges had a casing made of cow and pig fat, which had to be bitten off by mouth. The cow being sacred to Hindus and pig haram to Muslims, soldiers refused to ...
India would not gain independence from British rule until 1947. A political cartoon from the British magazine Punch from 1857 showing the British perspective of the 1857 uprising with “Britannia”—representing Great Britain—killing the natives, justice as revenge! Public domain.
In the early morning hours of August 6, 1857, the governor of the Cape Colony and high commissioner of South Africa, Sir George Grey, awoke to find that a ship had arrived with urgent news from India. 1 The sepoys, Grey was informed, had mutinied. But the dire news did not end there. Not only had the Indian soldiers mutinied, but they had ...
9 de may. de 2024 · Summarize This Article. Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops ( sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. In India it is also called the First War of Independence and other similar names.
