What caused the Indian Mutiny of 1857?

The 1857 Uprising (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny) began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army in the town of Meerut, some 70 km northeast of Delhi.

Sepoy Mutany of 1857 was the Indian rebelion from the british

The Indian revolt in 1857 is often called the Sepoy Mutiny. This is because its participants were Indian soldiers in the British army, who were called Sepoys.

The First War of Independence was the result of growing Indian distrust of the British in 1857. Britain referred to the war as the Sepoy Mutiny.

The 1857 Sepoy Mutiny was the first war for independence in India. The mutiny came about when the British decided to completely abolish the Mughal Empire, causing resentment to grow among the Indian people.

The First War of Independence, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny.

Result of 1857 Sepoy Mutiny: The mutiny was crashed by the British forces with their allied Indians constables serving on their behalf

france won the indian mutiny.

1857 is supposed to be called as the First War of Independence of India but the Britishers called it as Mutiny.

The Indian mutiny occured in May 1857. It was triggered by the introduction of the enfield rifle, which required a mix of pig and cow fat to be smeared on the cartridges (pig fat being offensive to Muslims and cow's to hindus). It was the final straw for the sepoys after having their payment of batta removed (a payment traditionally given to them when serving abroad). They mutinied and caused rebellion to spread throughout the population

The revolt of 1857 is known byIndian historians as war of independence as it was an attempt for the Indians to throw off the shackles of foreign domination . Britishers call this revolt The Indian mutiny as they considered the events of 1857 as a revolt against their authority over India

He was an insurgent general who played a major role in the 1857 Indian Mutiny against the British raj. He is also known as Ram Chandra Pandurang.

Ian T. Tavender has written: 'The Distinguished flying medal' 'Casualty roll for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59'

As far as I can see there is no book with the title simply "1857", although there are a few with the words 1857 in the title; most refer to the Indian Revolt (uprising) against British rule in the year 1857. The Great Mutiny: India 1857 by Christopher Hibbert Of course there were also a number of books published in the year 1857. For a list of these please see the related links:

The most important reason for the failure of Indian mutiny in 1857 was the absence of a central cohesive force and combined and coordinated war effort. This allowed East India Company to claw its way back into contention despite earlier setbacks and eventually defeat mutineers. Large Indian princely states like Hyderabad, Mysore, Travancore, and Kashmir did not join the mutiny which had a negative effect on the effectiveness of the effort.

The revolt in 1857 was also known as the Sepoy Mutiny in India. It was caused because of the growing displeasure of the Indian soldiers working for the British East India Company. What sparked the revolt was that the British East India company gave the soldiers cartridges greased with cow and pig fat, which is against Hindu and Muslim religious ideology. This caused a revolt from the Sepoys, which caused the British Empire to take India from the BEI company.

The Indian Mutiny - 1912 was released on: USA: 20 September 1912

the indian munity was in 1857.

great war of indian independence

Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of Indian Princely state of Jhansi. She was a central figure in the 1857 sepoy mutiny and freedom war and was born on 19 November 1828 in Varanasi.

it took place in many places but mainly in meerut

1857 First War of Independence. It was revolt of 1857 against British. India united as one and fought for the nation's liberation.

It marked India's first attempt to gain independence from the oppressive British rule. This was the mutiny of Sepoy (Indian) soldiers, from the British army in 1857. The seeds of the mutiny were sown by increasing discontent, by many Indians, with British rule in India. The immediate proximate cause to the mutiny, itself, was the circulation of a rumor that the British rifles (which Indians had been given to use) were greased with beef fat. In a country where cows are sacred, this rumor alone was enough to precipitate the mutiny of these Indian soldiers from the British army. The British put down the Sepoy mutiny and rebellions quite brutally and re-established their rule over (most of) India.

The 2 negative outcomes of British rule in India included India becoming a target for enemies of Britain, and the suppression of the Indian Mutiny in 1857-1858.

The sepoy mutiny started by Mangal Pandey during 1857 initiated a revolution against the British empire led East India Company in India.