INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Question
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Which event resulted in India officially becoming a British colony?
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The Boxer Rebellion
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The Sepoy Rebellion
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The Meiji Rebellion
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The Taiping Rebellion
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1857, uprisings and rebellions ended the British East India Company’s (EIC) control in India, then it became an official British colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The rebellion began when sepoys refused to use new rifle cartridges, which were thought to be lubricated with grease containing a mixture of pigs’ and cows’ lard and thus religiously impure for Muslims and Hindus.
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