Causes of war of independence 1957

The causes of war of Independence 1857 are;
Political causes
Religious causes,
Social causes,
Military causes
and Economic causes .

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The causes:
war of Independence
1857

2. •Political causes
•Religious causes
•Social causes
•Military causes
•Economic causes
The causes of war of Independence 1857

3. •Because of Doctrine of Lapse, the local Indian
leaders saw them in decline
•The Mistreatment with the Mug Hal Emperor
and disrespect that Lord Dalhouise made by
moving the royal family from DelhiDelhi to Qutb
Shah
•In Civil service jobs were given to less Indians,
adding fuel to the fire the British replaced
Persian and declared English as theofficial
language
Political Causes

4. Religious Causes
•The use of new type of rifle with a paper
cartridges covered with grease
•Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism were under threat
from the British rule as the Christian
Missionaries used to come to India and
promote their religion
•Missionaries established schools and taught
Christianity

5. Social Causes
•Indians were treated as a inferior race
•British and Indians weren’t socially equal
•The British considered themselves as a
superior race and thought that it was their
duty to take India away from slavery,
cannibalism, superstition and to make it a
civilization
•Spread of British culture.

6. Economic Causes
•Practice of imposing high taxes
•Inability of peasants and landowners to pay
tax
•British made profits from India’s wealth
•Taxes were kept by Britishers.

7. Military
•Most of the soldiers in army were Indians and
were usually low paid
•The officer class included British
•Regular rumors were there that the Muslims
and Sikh soldiers are forced to convert to
Christianity.

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