War of Independence 1857 (Reasons of Beginning ) ( O Level Pakistan studies)

 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857

Explain the reasons of beginning of war of independence.

The war of independence broke out in 1857 and ended up in 1858.The war was between British and Indians(including Hindus and Muslims).Tensions were built over years that led to the rebellion of Indian against their new rulers. After the British EIC took over the rule of subcontinent they made unjust laws for the local people. The local people were unhappy of British rule. It seemed that they wanted to establish master-slave relationship. They considered Indians as inferior.  There were many reasons led to War of Independence. 

The main reason of war of independence was the refusal of sepoies to use the cartridges laced with cow and pig fat. The sepoies had to use the cartridges by opening or chewing the seal from their mouth. The majority of sepoies were Hindus and Muslims. The Muslims are not allowed to consume pig based products by their religion whereas, the Hindus are highly prohibited by their religion to consume meat or fat. That’s why the sepoies refused to use these cartridges. 

   The other reason of the war was low level jobs for Muslims and Hindus. They used to keep high posts to themselves and give mediocre and low level jobs to muslims and hindus. Their wages were very low which caused their lifestyle to ruin.

   They started to inoculate their culture into the Indian culture and later disregarded it completely. They were trying to replace Hindi/Urdu by English language. They were also demanding high taxes from local people which made people unhappy of their rule.

    The Indian states were made to forcibly join hands with British forces because of Law of Annexation. This was the evil planning of British to gain control of the region which eventually made them the ultimate master.

The soldiers were made to fight till their death with no promotion whatsoever. The sepoys were underpaid and never promoted to higher post. This made them very angry as it made them realize that their life had no value.

The Doctrine of Lapse was an unpopular rule by the British. It stated that if a king died without an heir, the British would take over his land. This was a pity excuse by British to take over the lands. The people had to give into British.

These were some of the prominent reasons that created friction between Indians and their rulers. This eventually led to the war of independence

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