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Much of the life of an Indian citizen was governed by their caste- or social position. Many were Hindu, and some were Moslem. The rumor began that the bullets of the cartridges were lubricated with beef tallow (fat) or pig fat. Since the cow is a sacred animal in the Hindu religion, and the pig is an unclean animal in the Moslem religion, and the paper cartridges were used by BITING the end off the cartridge (before pouring the powder down the barrel) a rumor began that this was a plan by the English to break the caste of the Sepoys by exposing them to a forbidden practice. The resistance by the Sepoys was poorly handled, and was the start of the "Indian Mutiny". In fact, neither beef tallow nor pig fat was used on the cartridges- but rumors can be very damaging.
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What instigated the Sepoy rebellions?
The rumor that the British were forcing Muslim and Hindu soldiers to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat
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thiruvanthapuram pandey patil
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