1857 revolt -causes-political , social and religious

1. THE FIRST WAR OF
INDEPENDENCE
(THE GREAT
UPRISING OF 1857)
SESSION 1
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2. NATURE OF WAR
• MUTINY
• NATIONAL WAR OF
INDEPENDENCE
• PEASANT REVOLT
• POPULAR REVOLT

3. THE CAUSES
OF THE REVOLT
• POLITICAL
• SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CAUSES
• ECONOMIC CAUSES
• MILITARY CAUSES
• IMMEDIATE CAUSE

4. TODAY'S
TOPICS
• POLITICAL
• SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS
CAUSES

5. POLITICAL
CAUSES
• POLICY OF ANNEXATION
• ILL-TREATMENT OF NANA SAHIB
AND RANI OF JHANSI
• DISRESPECT TO BAHADUR SHAH
• THE ANNEXATION OF OUDH
• DISBANDING THE ARMIES OF THE
ANNEXED STATES
• EFFECT ON OTHER PRINCES
• CORRUPT AND INEFFICIENT
ADMINISTRATION

6. POLICY OF
ANNEXATION
• LORD DELHOUSIE
• DOCTRIN OF LAPSE
• ANNEXATION
• ABOLITION OF PENSIONS

7. DISRESPECT TO BAHADUR
SHAH
• DISRESPECT TO THE LAST MUGHAL EMPEROR
• LOSE OF REDFORT
• HURT THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS OF THE
MUSLIMS
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8. ILL-TREATMENT OF NANA
SAHIB AND RANI OF JHANSI
• NANA SAHIB- ADOPTED SON OF BAJIRAO II
• RANI OF JHANSI ,LAXMI BAI
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9. THE
ANNEXATION OF
OUDH
• UNDER THE PRETEXT OF
MISGOVERNANCE
• THOUSANDS WERE OUSTED
FROM THEIR POWER
• DISSATISFACTION AMONG ALL
THE CLASSES

10. DISBANDING THE
ARMIES OF
THE ANNEXED
STATES
• THOUSANDS OF FAMILY LOST
THEIR LIVELIHOOD
• DETERMINED TO TAKE REVENGE

11. EFFECT ON
OTHER PRINCES
• SUSPICIOUS ATTITUDE OF THE
PRINCESS

12. CORRUPT AND
INEFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION
• BRITISH ADMINISTRATION WAS
CORRUPT AND INEFFICIENT
• TREATED INDIANS WITH
CONTEMPT
• LUXURIOUS LIFE AT THE COST OF
INDIANS

13. SOCIAL AND
RELIGIOUS CAUSES
• BRITISH INTERFERENCE IN SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL CUSTOMS OF INDIA
• SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS REFORMS
• RESENTMENT AMONG THE HINDU
AND THE MUSLIM PRIESTS
• INTRODUCTION OF RAILWAYS AND
TELEGRAPHS
• INTRODUCTION OF NEW LAWS
• ILL TREATMENT OF THE INDIANS

14. BRITISH
INTERFERENCE IN
SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL
CUSTOMS OF
INDIA
• CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
• VIOLENT ATTACK ON HINDUISM
AND ISLAM
• INTERFERENCE IN THE
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
• CONVERSION

15. SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS
REFORMS
• ABOLITION OF SATI, INFANTICIDE, POLYGAMY
AND CHILD MARRIAGE
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16. • SET BACK TO THE ORTHODOX PRIESTS

17. INTRODUCTION OF
RAILWAYS
AND TELEGRAPHS
• PROPAGATION OF CHRISTIANITY

18. INTRODUCTION
OF NEW LAWS
• CASTE DISABILITIES REMOVAL
ACT 1850
• CONVERSION BACAME EASIER

19. ILL TREATMENT OF
THE INDIANS
• SUPERIORITY
• CROSSED ALL LIMITS OF
DECENCY
• BRANDING

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