The Indian mutiny - 1857

The Indian mutiny - 1857

1. Causes

   • Religion
     • between caste contact on railways
       • Brahmins made up a large amount of the sepoys
     • The new rifle cartridges had been greased with pork and beef fat
       • SPARK

2. Key Events

   • 85 sepoys were court-martialled for refusing to use cartridges
   • Mutineers declared the Mughal Emperor ruler of India
   • The mutiny spread through Deli + North India
   • 400 British people were tricked and then massacred

3. Consequences

   • The British vicious revenge
     • made Indians lick bloody buildings clean
     • many were hanged
     • whole villages were massacred
     • Some were loaded into cannons and blown up
   • British to Indian ratio in the army was reduced to 3:1
   • More loyal Sikhs were recruited