HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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The Sepoys converted to Christianity.
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The Sepoys prevented their own people from rebelling.
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The Indians valued the protection the British gave them from their enemy, Japan.
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There was weak leadership and conflicts between Hindus and Muslims.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indians could not unite against the British due to weak leadership and serious splits between Hindus and Muslims. Hindus did not want the Muslim Mughal Empire restored. Indeed, many Hindus preferred British rule to Muslim rule. Most of the princes and maharajahs who had made alliances with the East India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The revolt of 1857 marked a turning point in the historyof India. It was the heralding of a new age. It crowned the dawn of India’sindependence from the fetters of foreign rule that had bound her. It was, infact, the first essay in India’s advent to freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -Direct rule; India was divided into provinces and districts and ruled directly by British officials.