WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sepoys were Indian soldiers employed within European military garrisons to provide the much-needed manpower for the defence of European colonies in Asia. The term “sepoy” is derived from the Persian word sipahi, which had been translated into the Urdu and Hindi languages as a generic term for soldier.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sepoy | Indian soldier | Britannica.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of the 159, 000 men on the Bengal Army establishment in 1857, 24, 000 were European and 135, 000 were Indian sepoys (infantry) and sowars (cavalry). This ratio was especially problematic given that discipline in the Bengal Army had for some time been inferior to that in the Company’s other armies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company’s army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi northeast of Delhi.

Detailed explanation-5: -This anonymous sepoy [from the Persian word sipahi meaning soldier] was one among over one million Indians, including over 621, 224 combatants and 474, 789 non-combatants, sent overseas between August 1914 and December 1919 for the Great War.