What was the immediate cause of Indian Rebellion of 1857?
Correct answer: Soldiers were forced to use cartridges greased with cow & pig fat
Tom
... not to make these mistakes. Today anti colonial feelings make this idea common. But the British in India were quite sensitive to local beliefs. Had they not been they could not have governed there.
Tom
The reasons for the rebellion were based on the idea that the Muslims were given pig greased rounds and the Hindus cow greased ones. It is regarded as propaganda by local Indian revolutionaries. The British were careful not to make these