The Peasants And The Sepoys (Policies & The People) Video Lecture - Class 8

The East India Company
basically a trading company
Established itself as a political power in India in the year
1772
Its motto was to derive benefits out of Indian territories rather than improving the lives of the people
the British introduced many expansionist and unjust policies
To fulfill their intention of becoming a political power in India
the cumulative effect of these policies
exploitation and
administrative innovations over the years
adversely affected the positions of all
the rulers
sepoys
zamindars
peasants
artisans
pundits
Movies etc were a feud among them who were adversely affected
The colonial policies of the East India Company
destroyed the traditional economic fabric of the Indian society
the highly unpopular revenue settlements like the permanent settlement
Mahal vari riot vari etc left the peasants
Impoverished due to heavy taxation
the annexation of Indian states by the company cut off the major source of
Patridge to the artisans and
And craftsman making their lives miserable
Adding to the misery British policies also discouraged Indian handicrafts and promoted British Kurtz
Summoned ours the traditional landed aristocracy
Often saw their land rights forfeited resulting into a loss of status for them in the villages
the East India Company's undue interference
In the administration of princely states through the policies like subsidiary alliance and doctor of labs
caused
Discontentment not only amongst the rulers, but also the people
The British never mixed with the Indian people and treated even the upper class Indians with contempt
Such a racist attitude did not go well with educated Indians
They were now aware of the concepts like equality
liberty and fraternity
introduced to them by the Western education
the activities of Christian missionaries were looked upon with suspicion by Indians
the attempts at
socio-religious reforms by the British were seen as
interference in the social and religious domains of Indian society
the conditions of service in the company's army
Increasingly came into conflict with the religious beliefs of the sepoys
to a religious Hindu of that time
crossing the sea meant loss of caste
the general service enlistment Act passed in
1856 made it compulsory for an Indian Savoy to serve overseas if required by the government
The Indian sepoys were also unhappy about their emoluments come back to their British counterparts
an
Indian support was made to fail a subordinate at every step and was racially
discriminated in matters of promotions and privileges
The annexation of ovid which was home to many of the sepoys further inflamed their feelings
These were the reasons which caused great resentment among the supports
However the flashpoint was reached when the soldiers were asked to bite off the paper cartridges for the newly
Introduced Enfield rifles, which were reportedly greased with beef and pig fat
This was against the religious beliefs of Hindu and Muslim supports
In February
1857 the sepoys of 19th Native Infantry at Berlin pur refused to use the newly introduced
Enfield rifles and broke out in mutiny the infantry was disbanded in March
1857
On March 29
1857 the Indian sepoys ad Barrackpore
Refused to use the greased cartridges
They were forced to buy the cartridges and load the rifles on a routine trip
Mongol panting a young support of the regiment gets enraged and attacks his officers
He was later overpowered by the European soldiers of the regiment
The Indian Savoy's get inspired by Mongols act and tension grips in the entire regiment
Mangal Pandey shoots himself to avoid humiliating trial at the army coat
However, he survives and is put on trial he was subsequently hanged
On 9th May
1857
85 sepoys admitted cantonment where stripped off their uniform and sentenced to 10 years of rigorous
imprisonment for defying the orders on the issue of greased cartridges
On the next day the others the boys mutiny and release their fellow inmates
These sepoys marched towards Delhi and reached redford in the early hours of 11 May
papers awaited Bartle shot to the Mughal emperor to become the leader of the revolt and
Proclaimed him as Shanghai in this town
The rebels captured the city of Delhi from the British
Mahadesh I wrote letters to all the Chiefs and rulers of India
Urging them to organize a confederacy of the Indian states to fight and replace the British Reggie
Stone centers of the revolt
and Delhi the mughal emperor
Bahadur shah was only a symbolic leader and the real power was exercised by general back on
At conferred the revolt was led by Nana Sahib and as general tanta topping
the revolt at Lucknow was led by Begum Hazrat mother
Maulvi Amidala of Farsi apart also organized rebellions and fought the British
Khan Bahadur, I'm a descendent of the last independent rohila Lita was a British pensioner at beretti
The revolt provided him an opportunity to claim his ruling rights over his territory
The revolt and our heart was led by Coover sing the Zamindar of Jagdish boom
Rani Laxmi Bai offered a stiff resistance to the British
Dancing, but she was finally defeated and qualia
The British captured Delhi on 20th September 1857
Bahadur Shah was taken as a prisoner and the royal princes were captured and shot dead
one by one the great leaders of the revolt fell
the revolt was brutally suppressed and by the end of
1859 the British authority over India was fully reestablished
Even though the revolt of 1857 failed to overthrow the British rule it helped in developing
a nationalistic spirit and
Generated a feeling of oneness among the people of the country
Which inspired the subsequent stages of freedom struggle?
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