UPSC Mains 2016Question 3General Studies 1Indian History200 words
Explain how the upraising of 1857 constitutes an important watershed in the evolution of British policies towards colonial India. (Answer in 200 words)
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Class 8When People Revolt— NCERT History, Chapter 5. By 1857 many groups in north India had reasons to resent Company rule. Nawabs and rajas had lost power and honour by stages: the Company refused to recognise Rani…
Class 12Rebels and the Raj— NCERT History, Chapter 2. On 10 May 1857 sepoys at Meerut mutinied, rode to Delhi and made the reluctant Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah their leader, giving the rising legitimacy. Cantonment after…
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