Sepoy Mutiny - Revolt of 1857 in India Video Lecture | History for Class 8

during the British Raj there was unrest
and discontent amongst the people of
India the Hindu soldiers protested
against the addition of Gurkha Sikh and
lower caste soldiers to their ranks the
use of animal grease on the cartridges
of the newly introduced Enfield rifles
was the last straw
by loading the rifles soldiers had to
bite off the end of the cartridges it
was made up of either pig or cow fat
which violated the religious sentiments
of the Muslim and Hindu soldiers in 1857
three regiments of the army refused to
use the ammunition of the Enfield rifles
and demanded that bahadur shah zafar
take over as a ruler of india and the
head of the rebels Mangal Pandey is one
of the most famous figures of this
uprising who attacked the British
regiment he was later arrested and
hanged this uprising came to
known as the Sepoy mutiny or the revolt
of 1857 soon after another regiment
revolted 90,000 men from the Bengal army
joined the mutiny after suffering major
losses in Kanpur and Lucknow the British
sought the help of the loyal sick and
Gurkha forces and managed to ward off
the army of rebels near Delhi in
response to the mutiny the British
Parliament passed an act abolishing the
East India Company India became a crown
colony to be governed by the British
Parliament directly in the following
year the title of Viceroy was bestowed
upon the governor-general of India by
Queen Victoria she introduced a policy
of divide and rule which prevented
Indians from uniting to rebel against
her
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