HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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The British East India Company raised taxes
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India declared its independence.
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India adapted Christianity.
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The British East India Company took direct control of India
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The British government ended the rule of the British East India Company.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Even so, the rebellion proved to be an important watershed in Indian and British Empire history. It led to the dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to reorganize the army, the financial system, and the administration in India, through passage of the Government of India Act 1858.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main causes of the Sepoy Mutiny may be summarised as: Sepoys were unhappy with the pay inequality compared to British soldiers. Sepoys were suspicious that rifle cartridges used animal fats they could not touch as part of their religious beliefs. The sepoys’ unwillingness to serve abroad.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are two major views regarding the nature of the Revolt of 1857. While many people have treated the great uprising of 1857 as a sepoy mutiny; on the other hand, the staunch patriotic and nationalist Indian writers & historians regarded the Revolt of 1857 as the First War of Indian Independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Government of India Act was passed by the British parliament in 1858 and powers were transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown. The Governor-General of India was renamed the Viceroy and was to be the personal representative of the Queen of England.
Detailed explanation-5: -The First War of Indian Independence also referred to as the Sepoy Mutiny and the largest part of the blame for the mutiny has been assigned to the soldiers or the Sepoys. This is because, by all accounts, the mutiny started with the Sepoys and was largely driven by them.