east India company had come into exitance by increasing tax,selling machine made good with rates,increasing general price levels,economic exploitation.EAST INDIA COMPANY captured power in 1757but established in1857 revolt.
In the 1700's, Robert Clive of the East India Company recruited the Indians and some English soldiers to serve in his private army. They fought the French for control of India.
the revolt of 1857 is known as sepoy rebellion as because sepoy (army men's) of british India started this revolt. one of them is mangal panday. this revolt is first revolt for independence
If you are from India you are called Indian.
mangal pandey
it was a movement by the Indians, tried to revolt against the British, and the British East India Company.
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.
After the revolt of 1857
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
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
The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The Company had upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges.
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
On May 10, 1857, it started out as a mutanty of seypoys againt the British East India Company's Army. Other citizens began to rebell as well, which was threatning to the Company's power. As a result in 1858, India was governed by the crown and known as the British Raj.
The East India Company which was started in India in the eighteenth century soon started to rule India.... It had the policy of Divide and Rule... This aptly succeeded as the Indians at that time were eager to prove their superiority over other fellow Indians...
east India company had come into exitance by increasing tax,selling machine made good with rates,increasing general price levels,economic exploitation.EAST INDIA COMPANY captured power in 1757but established in1857 revolt.
antecedents of 1857 revolt
they actually civilised indians a lot.indians were nothing without british.thanks to british