It started as a mutiny of discontented sepoy regiments, that is, Indian soldiers in the service of the East India Company, which had, by that time, annexed the greater part of the subcontinent. But the soldiers’ uprising speedily turned into a ‘popular revolt’, also involving the tax-drained Indian peasants and disinherited Indian princes, like the Rani of Jhansi and Nana Sahib. Astrid Erll (2006)
The causes of this “Sepoy Mutiny” are not very clear, and historians disagree as to whether it was a planned war of independence against the British power, or an uncoordinated uprising of soldiers who felt a threat to their religion and traditional practices (Spear 2002), or simply a mutiny by soldiers who wanted increased pay and greater career opportunities
The causes of this “Sepoy Mutiny” are not very clear, and historians disagree as to whether it was a planned war of independence against the British power, or an uncoordinated uprising of soldiers who felt a threat to their religion and traditional practices (Spear 2002), or simply a mutiny by soldiers who wanted increased pay and greater career opportunities