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The British forces reached Delhi, and they surrounded the city from 1st July 1857 until 31st August 1857. They also redirected many regiments that were going to China from India.
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They brought their regiments from the Crimean War to India. Then they took very quick action with heavy forces. The British killed both by hanging them.Īt the beginning the British were slow to respond. Later the British arrested Mangal Pandey and the other Indian soldier. General Hearsey ordered another Indian soldier to arrest Mangal Pandey but he refused. Rebellion broke out when a soldier called Mangal Pandey attacked a British sergeant and wounded an adjutant. Although the British tried to replace the cartridges, the feelings against them stayed.
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Thus, the use of these cartridges made soldiers of both the religions turn against the British. For Hindus the cow is a sacred animal and they do not eat beef. The cartridges supposedly used cow and pig fat. The soldiers had to open the cartridges with their teeth before loading them into their guns. They also made the Indian soldiers of their army use a special type of cartridge (immediate cause of the rebel). They did not give any respect to old royal houses of India like the Mughals and the Peshwa. The British rulers continued to forcibly take regions ruled by Indians and made these regions part of the British Raj. Many reasons had combined to result in this rebellion. The rebellion by Indian troops of the British Raj started in May 1857 and continued until December 1858. Historians had used the terms like the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny to describe this event.
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India's First War of Independence (by this name later a book was published by V.D Savarkar) was a revolt of Indian soldiers and people (rulers and peasants) against British rule. Revolt of 1857 īahadur Shah II (portrait painted about 1854)