Overall, the sepoy muting played a major role in British ruled India. After the rebellion tensions settled down and eventually India became independent from the Imperialistic rule of Britain in 1947. The rebellion brought not only the death of soldiers, but of women and children also. This shows that the rebels were valiant and even though they lost the war they fought hard. In the words of Lord Krishna, we will, if we are victorious, enjoy the fruits of victory if defeated and killed on the field of battle, we shall surely earn eternal glory and salvation."(Hibbert 383). The revolt only lasted for one year but the rebels fought hard and were determined,"We fight for independence. This shows that tension had been growing between the British and the Indians but the cartridges were the final push to make them truly revolt against the empire. But the cartridges were only the catalyst for a revolt that was based on long standing grievances." (Indian Voices). It began on at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company 's army. The sepoys were required to bite open the cartridges, and would come into direct contact with the cow and pig grease, which was insulting to Hindus and Muslims respectively. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also called the Great Indian Event of 1857, the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, 1 India's First War of Independence or India's first struggle for independence. Soon the people of India belonging to different communities and. It was a nationwide revolt which started as a mutiny of Royal Indian Navy Soldiers working under the sovereignty of the British Government. Many native infantrymen (sepoys) believed that these new cartridges introduced in early 1857 had been greased by cow and pig fat. The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny/Revolt in India was started on 18th February 1946 just one and a half year before the Independence of India. The mutiny, which was confined to the north, was the most serious threat to British rule in India in the 19th century. It is also called the Sepoy Revolt because Indian troops in the British-controlled army were called sepoys. The sepoy mutiny was started for a number of reasons," The traditional explanation of the offensive rifle cartridges causing the initial outbreak of mutiny is only part of the story. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 was a rebellion against British rule by a large part of the Bengal army in India. The Sepoy Mutiny, or The 1857 Indian Rebellion was the largest rebellion against British Imperialism ever.
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