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Indian Rebellion

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising against the rule of the British East India Company, which #behaved *functioned #performed #worked as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began as a mutiny in Meerut. It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions *chiefly #essentially #importantly #overall in the upper Gangetic plain and central India though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east. The rebellion posed a #big *considerable #extensive #reasonable threat to British power in that region. | The Indian rebellion was fed by resentments born of diverse perceptions, including invasive British-style social reforms, #brutal #cruel *harsh #ruthless land taxes, and summary treatment of some rich landowners and princes, as well as #distrust #hesitation #reluctance *scepticism about the improvements brought about by British rule. Violence was #implemented #imposed *inflicted #performed on both sides, by the rebels and by British reprisals. | In some regions, most #greatly *notably #remarkably #oustandingly in Awadh, the rebellion took on the attributes of a patriotic revolt against British oppression. The rebellion #determined #emerged *proved #resulted to be an important watershed in Indian and British Empire history. It led to the dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to #reassemble *reorganize #restore #update the army, the financial system, and the administration in India. Queen Victoria issued a proclamation to Indians, which promised rights #complementary #indistinguishable #like *similar to those of other British subjects.

Source: ‘Indian Rebellion of 1857’(2022) Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 (Accessed: 26 April 2022).