Revolt of 1857 What were causes and consequences of the revolt ? Who were the important leaders of the revolt of 1857?
Relations and Policy Changes The Indian Rebellion of 1857 created a watershed moment in the history of British rule in India, changing the nature of British Crown rule over Indian territories. The revolt revealed every fault of governance by the East India Company and helped to establish British conRead more
Relations and Policy Changes The Indian Rebellion of 1857 created a watershed moment in the history of British rule in India, changing the nature of British Crown rule over Indian territories. The revolt revealed every fault of governance by the East India Company and helped to establish British control over India.
Effects on British-Indian relationships:
1. End of Control of the East India Company:
Passing under the Government of India Act (1858), which removed the East India Company, administrative authority was transferred right to the British Crown.
British sovereignty was officially recognized when Queen Victoria, the British monarch, became known as ‘Empress of India in 1876’.
2. Distributed Power:
In Britain, a Secretary of State for India was established to manage Indian affairs, with a body known as the India Council supporting him.
Representing the British Crown, the Governor-General of India was renamed the ‘Viceroy of India’.
significant developments in British policies toward India:
1. Administrative as well as military changes:
Rearranging the Army: British forces were more abundant and Indian soldiery in the army cut. Recruits from communities seen as “loyal,” including Sikhs and Gurkhas, were selectively chosen to be Indian troops.
2. Divide and Rule Tactic: By encouraging distinctions along religious and regional lines, the British sought to stop Indian peoples from uniting.
3. Indian Culture and Religion Policy of Noninterference:
As a means of lessening resentment, Queen Victoria’s Proclamation of 1858 assured Indians religious freedom and non-interference in social customs.
More racial discrimination, considering Europe’s treatment of Gypsies across centuries.
British government gradually came to doubt Indians and laws kept reinforcing segregation and marginalizing Indian participation in government operations.
4. Princely Estates: Strengthened
Abandoned to gain the support of the princely states was the annexation plan of the *Doctrine of Lapse.* Many monarchs were promised security as long as they stayed close to Britain.
5. Financial exploitation on the rise:
India stayed in the British imperial economy providing raw materials and a market for British goods. Increasing worse for rural despair was the government’s heavy taxation and land revenue policies.
The British response to India after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 changed to one of direct control, bureaucratic overhaul, and a more conservative governmental strategy. The three conditions necessary for the preservation of their rule and the seeding of future nationalist movements were British security, economic exploitation, and social division at every level.
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The revolt of 1857 was a landmark event in the history of India. It marked the end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. It was an outcome of more than 100 years of popular and fierce resistance against the British Authority.It nearly swept away British rule from India.Many causes led toRead more
The revolt of 1857 was a landmark event in the history of India. It marked the end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. It was an outcome of more than 100 years of popular and fierce resistance against the British Authority.It nearly swept away British rule from India.Many causes led to the revolt of 1857 some of which are:
MILITARY CAUSES
ECONOMIC CAUSES
SOCIO-RELIGIOUS CAUSES
POLITICAL CAUSES
CONSEQUENCES of the revolt of 1857
IMPORTANT LEADERS OF REVOLT OF 1857
The revolt was organised by different personalities actress the nation and some of the important leaders were:
The symbolic leadership of the revolt was Provided by Bahadur Shah Zafar but the original command was in the hands of General Bakht khan.
The mutiny from Kanpur was led by Nana saheb who was the adopted son of the last Peshwa Baji Rao II.
2. Begum Hazrat Mahal organised the revolt from lucknow
3.The revolt in Faizabad was organized by Maulvi Ahmedullah
4.Kunwar Singh the Zamindar of Jagdishpur organized the revolt from Bihar. He was an old man in his seventies.
5.The Most Outstanding leader Of the revolt was Rani Laxmail Bai of Jhansi.
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