The indian mutiny7/2/2023 ![]() State policy became more conservative and politically defensive. The army was reorganized to improve British surveillance. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British Army fought in numerous minor colonial conflicts, but did not confront another European army until. Afterwards, the British came to doubt the possibilities of a rapid social transformation and treated their Indian subjects with increasing suspicion. It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers. The events of 1857 marked a watershed in Indo-British relations. Indian Mutiny, 185758, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. The vehemence of the civil rebellion reflected the anxieties of aristocracies and peasant communities at threats posed to them by aggressive policies of westernization, especially under Lord Dalhousie. The causes of the mutiny (by no means the first in British Indian military history) lay in attempts to impose British-style army discipline onto Indian warrior traditions-the celebrated issue of cartridges greased with animal fat being symptomatic of wider problems. It took until December 1857 for Sir Colin Campbell's army to reoccupy the key strategic points along the Ganges valley and the last vestiges of armed resistance were not stamped out before the spring of 1859. Existing ‘loyalist’ forces were unable to quell the rebellion and reinforcements had to be called from China. It encouraged a widespread civil revolt against the institutions of British rule. Kindle 2.99 Rate this book The Indian Mutiny Julian Spilsbury 3.90 90 ratings6 reviews By 1857, the British East India Company was India’s de facto ruler, having won the subcontinent by subterfuge and force of arms. The mutiny spread down the Ganges valley-to Agra, Cawnpore, and Lucknow-and into central India. On, sepoys of the Bengal army shot their British officers and marched on Delhi to restore the aged Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah, to power.
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