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You are here: Home / GS / The Revolt 1857: the First War of Independence
On the graph of popularity, The Revolt of 1857 stands at the top because a vast variety of people from
almost all classes within the nation (of course in the making- perhaps a process still going on) nd some
elements to emphasize with. This Revolt, by its sheer nature and density, has acquired its place in peoples
history that represents the rational analysis of the storehouse of memory. Peoples history includes in itself
the history of anelite as well as folk, constructing arecord of events that is handed over from one
generation to another.
The Revolt 1857, the rst major challenge to the might of the British power, did not begin abruptly. The
sense of dissension among sepoys and to some extend among general people against designs of their
colonial masters was taking root much before the real Revolt had broken out. The immediate cause of the
Revolt was of cially made public by a proclamation issued at Delhi by the band of sepoys from Meerut who
reached Delhi on 11 May 1857 and appealed Bahadur Shah II to become their leader. These sepoys had,
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just the previous day (10 May1857) de ed and killed the European of cers, and marched straight away to
Delhi the symbol of power. The proclamation issued by them read: it is well known that in these days all
the English have entertained the evil designs- rst, to destroy the religion of the whole Hindustani Army and
then to make the people by compulsion Christians. Therefore, we solely on account of our religion, have
combined with the people, and have not spared alive one in del, and have re-established the Delhi dynasty
on these terms.
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Although the Revolt stated with the Bengal Army Sepoys and the unhappiness of the sepoys rst came to
the fore in 1824 when the sepoys of 47th regiment was ordered to go to Burma because to the religious
Hindu, crossing the sea meant forfeiture of caste, the section of general population also revolted in towns
and villages which were near the cantonments which were strewed from Bengal to the North West Frontier,
Rajasthan, and Central India.
These uprisings intensi ed into terse mass wars of national freedom in 1857-58, particularly in the
kingdom of Awadh which had been, in the recent past, annexed by the of cers of the East India Company,
and also in some areas like Jhansi and Bhojpur.
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At Lucknow Begam Hazrat Mahal took over the reign as in Lucknow popular sympathy was immensely in
favour of the deposed Nawab. A regular administration was organized in which important of ces were
shared equally by Hindus and Muslims.
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At Bareilly, Khan Bahadur was chosen to take command. Khan Bahadur, though in the beginning was
reluctant to take this responsibility, took the charge of administration, once the Revolt broke up and spread,
and organized an army of 40,000 soldiers and gave a tough ght to the British.
It was Kanwar Singh, the zamindar of Jagdishpur, at the age of 70 who took the charge of leading the
Revolt in Bihar. He had a personal grudge against the British because they had deprived him of his estates.
Jhansis Rani Lakshmibai, the most outstanding leader of the Revolt and who took the leadership of
sepoys, also had thepersonal grudge against the British as they had declined to allow her adopted son to
succeed to the throne after the demise of her husband and annexed her state by using the Doctrine of
Lapse. The emerged as one of the most formidable enemies the British had to confront.
All these events created enemies for Lord Dalhousies successor Lord Canning. The policies, which the
British implemented, of modernization and progress at the cost of tradition created the fuel that was ignited
by the cartridge controversy. The slogan emerged customs and religion in danger. Muslims and Hindus
both felt threatened and endangered. Working people such as Muslim artisans and weavers, Hindu archers,
popularly known as Pasis, who were traditionally village guards also participated, must more actively than it
could have been anticipated at that time, in the Revolt, giving the Revolt a pan-Indian Character in which, in
fact, all listened to the call of dharma of deen.
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failed. However, the Revolt boosted the con dence of India as a whole in the sense that they had realized
their power to resist and ght for the greater cause.
It can be easily come to the conclusion that the Indian side cracked into countless fractured interests as the
Indian
aspect of the Revolt showed thelack of unity whereas colonialism presented a United front.
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