Indian Rebellion Essay
Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Context: Once England colonised India, there was a lot of hostility, which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny.
What sparked the rebellion however was when, new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed that the cartridges contained both pig and cow fat. The Muslims thought pigs were unholy and the Hindus consider cows to be sacred. In January 1857, Colonel Birch, the Military Secretary of the British East India Company, addressed the rumours and …show more content…
In a book called “The Indian Mutiny of 1857- A Sketch of the Principal Military Events” by Francis Roger Sedgwick in 1920, he look at what happened, and what could’ve happened. One thing he says is that is there was a railway system in India like there was in 1920, the English could’ve closed down the rebels much quicker, and avoided the amount of lives that were lost due to sickness, while it would’ve had very little benefits for the Indians. This shows that if the British had built a nation-wide railway system in India earlier than they did, even if the East India Company didn’t avoid the Indian rebellion, it would’ve assisted in their colonization of …show more content…
and Tripathi, S. (2017). What were the causes for the failure of the 1857 Revolt in India? - Important India. Important India. Available at: http://www.importantindia.com/16487/what-were-the-causes-for-the-failure-of-the-1857-revolt-in-india/ [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Indian Rebellion of 1857. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Claws.in. (2017). Impact of the Sepoy Mutiny on Indian Polity and Society. Available at: http://www.claws.in/1420/impact-of-the-sepoy-mutiny-on-indian-polity-and-society-isha-naravane.html [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2017). Indian Mutiny | Indian history. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Britishempire.co.uk. (2017). The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies. Available at: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutinysources.htm [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Sedgwick, F. (1920). Indian mutiny of 1857. 1st ed. Nabu
Context: Once England colonised India, there was a lot of hostility, which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny.
What sparked the rebellion however was when, new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed that the cartridges contained both pig and cow fat. The Muslims thought pigs were unholy and the Hindus consider cows to be sacred. In January 1857, Colonel Birch, the Military Secretary of the British East India Company, addressed the rumours and …show more content…
In a book called “The Indian Mutiny of 1857- A Sketch of the Principal Military Events” by Francis Roger Sedgwick in 1920, he look at what happened, and what could’ve happened. One thing he says is that is there was a railway system in India like there was in 1920, the English could’ve closed down the rebels much quicker, and avoided the amount of lives that were lost due to sickness, while it would’ve had very little benefits for the Indians. This shows that if the British had built a nation-wide railway system in India earlier than they did, even if the East India Company didn’t avoid the Indian rebellion, it would’ve assisted in their colonization of …show more content…
and Tripathi, S. (2017). What were the causes for the failure of the 1857 Revolt in India? - Important India. Important India. Available at: http://www.importantindia.com/16487/what-were-the-causes-for-the-failure-of-the-1857-revolt-in-india/ [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Indian Rebellion of 1857. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Claws.in. (2017). Impact of the Sepoy Mutiny on Indian Polity and Society. Available at: http://www.claws.in/1420/impact-of-the-sepoy-mutiny-on-indian-polity-and-society-isha-naravane.html [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2017). Indian Mutiny | Indian history. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Indian-Mutiny [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Britishempire.co.uk. (2017). The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies. Available at: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutinysources.htm [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
- Sedgwick, F. (1920). Indian mutiny of 1857. 1st ed. Nabu