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Describe the course of revolt of 1857 |
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The spark that LED to a mutiny in several sepoy companies was the issue of new GUNPOWDER cartridges for the ENFIELD rifle February, 1857. ... The old aristocracy, both Muslim and Hindu, who were seeing their power steadily eroded by the EAST India Company, also rebelled against British rule. The spark that led to a mutiny in several sepoy companies was the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle February, 1857. ... The old aristocracy, both Muslim and Hindu, who were seeing their power steadily eroded by the East India Company, also rebelled against British rule. |
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