COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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it led to direct British rule in India
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It led to British withdrawal from India.
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it forced the British to release the Sepoys from duty
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it led to a direct democracy within the Indian government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The immediate result of the mutiny was a general housecleaning of the Indian administration. The East India Company was abolished in favour of the direct rule of India by the British government.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. India was thereafter administered directly by the British government in the new British Raj.
Detailed explanation-3: -The revolt began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as a sepoy mutiny. It was initiated by sepoys in the Bengal Presidency against the British officers. This war of Independence marked the end of rule by the British East India company.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sepoy Rebellion of 1858-HISTORY CRUNCH-History Articles, Biographies, Infographics, Resources and More.
Detailed explanation-5: -It caused the British government to take over more direct control of India from the British East India Company.