HIST 3420 Lecture 7: British India in the 19th century continue…
7 Feb 2019
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The catalyst: cartridges for the newly issued lee-enflield rifle -an issue somew in between fact and rumour. Revolt driven by a range of grievances related to army life, taxation and interfe in religion and culture. Common thread: widening gap between british authorities and indians. It was understood by the british themselves was this gap in understandin communicating with british authorities and indian subjects. The british had become and not aware of the and command india " The revolt was caused by heavy taxation, a new land revenue system, activities of. Christian missionaries and the dumping of british-made goods on the indian marke. Rani laxmibai of jhansi and nana sahib, who were deposed by the doctrine of laps rose in revolt. On may 10, 1857 soldiers stationed in meerut mutinied and marched on delhi to proclaim the mughal emperor, bahadur shah zafar, as emperor of india.
