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Causes of the revolt ->

1. Because of unfair treatment and high taxes for the peasants and farmers.

2. Because of the New Enfield rifle Gun catridges, they had beef or pork wax on them, which was conflicting with the religious beliefs of Hindu and Muslim sepoys.

3. Because of the doctrine of lapse and the subsidiary alliance which caused rulers to give their kingdom to the britishers.

4. The severe decline of Indian craftsmanship due to the british not supporting Indian made products under the regime.

5. The british wanted to remove the legacy of the Mughal empire which the current Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah Zafar did not like.

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the main causes of the revolt of 1857 in India. 1 1. Economic Causes: The most important cause of popular discontent was the British policy of economically exploiting India. This hurt all sections of ... 2 2. Political Causes: 3 3. Social Causes: 4 4. Religious Causes: 5 5. Military Causes

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Causes -

1) The Greased Cartridge - The Immediate Cause

2) Ill - treatment of Indian Sepoys.

3) Religion Under Threat

4) Rising Poverty of Peasants

5) Unfair Land Tax

6) Doctrine of Lapse

7) Subsidiary Alliance

8) Making Indian Sepoys work Overseas (this violated the caste identity of many sepoys)

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Economic Causes:
Heavy Taxes on Indian goods.
Moneylenders
Exploitation of Indian handicrafts and small industry.

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Causes of the 1857 revolt-
policies destroyed Indian traditions
British discouraged Indian goods and sold their own
never mixed With Indians and showed racism
Indian sepoys were racially discriminated
annexation of Awadh
cartridges of guns had pig and cow fat which was against Indian's religious beliefs

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Doctrine of Lapse, Problems in land revenue, subsidiary alliance.

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Decrease of Power.
Doctrine of Lapse.
Working conditions of the Sepoys.
Working overseas.
Religion under Threat.

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The Revolt of 1857 eventually broke out over the incident of greased cartridges. A rumour spread that the cartridges of the new enfield rifles were greased with the fat of cows and pigs. Before loading these rifles the sepoys had to bite off the paper on the cartridges. - Dhruv

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The Revolt of 1857 eventually broke out over the incident of greased cartridges. A rumour spread that the cartridges of the new enfield rifles were greased with the fat of cows and pigs. Before loading these rifles the sepoys had to bite off the paper on the cartridges. - Dhruv

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Pathetic Socioeconomic Condition.

Problems of Land Revenue.

Destruction of Economy.

Low position of Indians in Administration.

Doctrine of Lapse.

Ill-treatment with Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Annexation of Oudh.

Biased Police and Judiciary.