Read this article to learn about the causes, spread, suppression, nature and significance of the revolt of 1857 in India. Causes of the Revolt of 1857: The causes of the Revolt of 1857 divide themselves into political, social, economic, military and religious heads, (i) Among the political causes Dalhousie's occupation of Satara, Sambalpur, Nagpur, Jhansi and stoppage of the payment [...]
There is no unanimity among scholars regarding the nature of the revolt of 1857 and a debate took place between 1950-1960 focusing attentions on three perspectives: sepoy mutiny, national struggle or first war of independence or a manifestation of feudalist revival. All the British historians, in particular. Sir John Lawrance and Seelay are of the view that it was a [...]
The Revolt of 1857 which is called 'Sepoy Mutiny', 'Great Revolt' and the 'First War of Indian Independence' is the watershed in the history of pre-independent and early colonial India. It is so, as the one hundred years penetration of the British East India into different parts of India through wars and diplomacy and the introduction of alien revenue, judicial [...]