Question

Numerous causes gave rise to the First War of Independence and its consequences led to several changes in the British Government in India. In this context, answer the following:
Explain any three political causes of the Revolt of 1857.

Answer 1

The following were the three political causes of the Revolt of 1857:-

• The expansionist and annexationist policies of the British power in India made all the Indian rulers, big and small, Hindu and Muslim look with suspicion and develop hatred towards the British power in India.
• The open disrespect exhibited by the British towards the last of the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar made the Muslims rise in revolt.
• The Indians, in general, did not accept the administrative changes initiated and implemented, as most of them were alien in nature and replaced the age-old existing rules and regulations.