revolt of 1957

Question 1

What are the causes of the revolt of 1857

Answer 1

SIPME
— Socio religious
— Immediate
— Political
— Military
— Economic

Question 2

What are the main points under Socio - Religious causes?

Answer 2

— Interference with social customs
— Apprehensions about modern innovations
— Policy of racial discrimination
— Corruption in administration
— Oppression of the poor
— Activities of missionaries
— Fears regarding western education
— Taxing religious places
— Law of property

Question 3

What are the main points under immediate causes?

Answer 3

— Introduction of the Enfield rifle

Question 4

What are the main points under political causes?

Answer 4

1. Policy of expansion
   — Outright wars
   — Subsidiary alliance
   — By using Doctrine of Lapse
   — On the pretext of alleged misrule
2. Disrespect towards Bahadur Shah
3. Treatment given to Nana Saheb
4. Absentee sovereignty of the British

Question 5

What are the main points under military causes?

Answer 5

— Ill treatment of Indian Soldiers
— General Service Enlistment Act:
— Larger proportion of Indians in the British Army
— Bleak Prospects of Promotions
— Deprivation of Allowance
— Faulty distribution of troops
— Poor performance of British troops
— Lower salaries

Question 6

What are the main points under economic causes?

Answer 6

— Exploitation of economic resources
— Drain of wealth
— Decay of cottage industries and handicrafts
— Economic decline of peasantry
— Growing unemployment
— Inhuman treatment of Indigo cultivators
— Poverty and famines
— Decline of landed aristocracy.

Question 7

1829

Answer 7

Abolition of Sati Act

Question 8

1856

Answer 8

Widow Remarriage Act

Question 9

1850

Answer 9

Religious Disabilities Act

Question 10

1757

Answer 10

Battle of Plassey

Question 11

1764

Answer 11

Battle of Buxar

Question 12

1767 - 1799

Answer 12

Anglo - Mysore War

Question 13

1817-18

Answer 13

Third Anglo Maratha War

Question 14

1849

Answer 14

Second Anglo Sikh War