This ppt is a short note on chapter the revolt of 1857. The revolt of 1857 also known as the first war of independence fought between east india company and the indian peasents,soilders and all people who were affected by the policies of east india company.

1. NAME- VAIDEHA PATLE
CLASS- VIII
SCHOOL-K V GANGTOK
ROLL NO - 38

2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my
teacher (Mr. N. M. SHILAL SIR) as well as our principal
(Mr. DILBAHADUR SINGH) who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic
(WHEN PEOPLE REBEL 1857 AND AFTER), which also
helped me in doing a lot of Research and i came to know
about so many new things I am really thankful to them.
Secondly i would also like to thank my parents (Mr.
GHANSHYAM TIKARAM PATLE AND Mrs. KUMUD

3. PATLE) and my dear friends who helped me a lot in
finalizing this project within the limited time frame.

4. CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Nawabs loses their power
• Failed negotiations of ruling families
• The peasents and the sepoys
• Planning to end mughal dynasty
• Responses and reforms
• Crossing the sea is against our reliegion
• A mutinity becomes a popular rebellion
• From merrut to delhi
• Execution of mangal pandey
• The backlash

5. • Deciding to get a new leader
• The rebellion spreads
• The company fights back
• Last mughal emperor arrested
• The biggest battle of 19 century
• Some important places of revolt of 1857
• Aftermath

6. INTRODUCTION
• When east india company started ruling in india it affects the
lives of kings,queens, sepoys,peasents,tribals,zamindars and
etc.
• Many of them revolted against the policies of british.
• The people who rules the land before britishers came, lost
their power.
• The rajas and nawabs of the countryside lost all their
authority and honour.
• Many ruling families tried to negotiate with the company to
potect their intrests.

7. • For example,rani lakshmibai of jhansi wanted the company
to recognise her adopted son as the heir to the kingdom
after the death of her husband.
• Nana saheb, the aopted son of peshwa baji rao ii, pleaded
that he be given his father’s pension when the latter died .
• The british refuses these pleas as they have miltary power
to defeat them in case if they revolted.
• Awadh was one of the last territories to be annexed by the
east India company. Its nawab was wajid ali shah. In year
1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on Awadh by the
east India company and then in year 1856 it was taken
over . governor general Dalhousie ( of that time ) declared

8. british rule was needed to ensure proper administration
in the territory.

9. Lord dalhousie Lord canningBahadur shah
zafar
Nana saheb
• Bahadur shah zafar was the last mughal emperor and after his death
his sons were call as princes.

10. FAILED NEGOTIATIONS OF RULING
FAMILIES
• Many ruling families tried to negotiate with the
company to protect their interests.
• For example, rani lakshmibai of jhansi wanted the
company to recognize her adopted son damodar
rao as the king of jhansi after the death of
gangadhar rao.
• Nana saheb The adpted son of peshwa baji rao ii,
wanted his father’s pension when he died.

11. • But the company refuse this intrests.
Raja Gangadhar Rao NewalkarRani Lakshmi Bai

12. NAWABS LOSE THEIR POWER
• Since the mid eighteenth century,nawabs and rajas had seen their
power erode.They lost their authority and honour.
• The british appointed residents in many courts.
• The freedom of rulers reduced and their armed forces disbanded.

13. THE PEASENTS AND THE SEPOYS

14. • The peasents were not happy with the high taxes and the
rigid methods of revenue collection. Many peasents had
lost the lands they had been tilling for generations
because of their failure to repay their loans.
• The indian sepoys were not happy about their pay,
allowances and conditions of service. Some of the new
rules violated their religious sensibilities and beliefs.

15. PLANNING TO END MUGHAL DYNASTY
• The company started planning how to bring mughal dynasty to
its end.
• They removed the name of the mughal king from the coins.
• In 1849, governor general dalhousie introduced that after the
death of bahadur shah zafar, the family of the king would be
shifted out of the red fort.
• In 1856, governor general canning decided that after the
death of bahadur shah zafar his sons were not recognized as
kings, they were called as princes.

16. RESPONSES AND REFORMS
• The british believed that indian society had to be reformed
• Laws were passed to stop the practise of sati and encourage
the remarriage of widows.
• English language education was actively pomoted.
• After 1830,the company allowed christian missionaries to
function freely in its domain and even own land and property.
• In 1850,a new law was passed to make conversion to
christianity easier.

17. • This law allowed an indian who had converted to
christianity to inherit the property of his ancestors.
• By this laws,many indians began to feel that the british
were destroying their religion,their social customs and
their traditional way of life.

18. CROSSING THE SEA IS AGAINST OUR RELIEGION
• Hindu’s believed that crossing the sea is against their
religion.So when they were said to go to burma by sea route
they refused to go.However they said that they could go by land
route.They were servelly punished.
• In 1856 the company passed a new law by which it was
mandatory for soilders to serve overseas whenever required.
• Most of the sepoys were from rural background.Their families
lived in villages.So they also reacted what was happening in the
countryside.

20. A MUTINITY BECOMES A POPULAR REBELLION
• The rebellion of 1857 threatened the company’s very presence
in india
• The revolt that started in merrut began to spread in northern
and central india.
• People from different sections of society rose up in the
rebellion.

23. FROM MERRUT TO DELHI

24. EXECUTION OF MANGAL PANDEY
• Mangal pandey was a young soilder of barrack pore
cantonment. He revolted against the use of the new
cartridges that contains fat of cow and pig.He attacked his
officer by which he was hanged to death on 29 march 1857.
• After the news spread of cartridges, in merrut soilders disobey
the rules. 85 sepoys were dismissed from service and they
were sent to ten years jail on 9 march 1857.
THE HERO OF 1857
REVOLT

25. THE BACKLASH
• On 1o may the soilders went to merrut jail and released the
imprisoned sepoys.
• They capture the guns and killed the british officers.
• They set fire to the buildings and properties of the british.
• They declared war on the firangis.

26. DECIDING TO GET A NEW LEADER
• After the mayhem that happened in merrut, the british took the
decision of cartridges so lightly. They think that the revolt on
cartridges would fall down, but it not happened.On 10 may
after releasing the prisoned sepoys of merrut jail , the soilders
rode horses all night to reach delhi on 11 may morning. As this
news spread the rebel forces attacked on british Officers and
their cavalry posts.The rebel forces went to the red fort to meet
the badshah Bahadur Shah Zafar .The badshah was not willing
to face the mighty british,but he was forced by the rebel forces
and bahadur shah zafar became the leader of the revolt of
1857.

27. The emperor wrote letters to all kings to be united and fight
against the mighty british. This small step gived big results to that
revolt.Many chieftains and rulers were ruling their kingdoms for a
long time under the mughal empire.So they think that if mughal
emperor began to resume their power then they could rule their
kingdom freely.

29. THE REBELLION SPREADS
• The rebellion began to spread in northern and central
india.Many army troops started mutinyting in various
regiments. Local leaders began to protest with help of
peasents.
• Nana saheb proclaimed himself as peshwa and a governor
under the mughal empire Bahadur shah Zafar .He gathered
armed forces and attacked on british in kanpur.
• Rani lakshmibai attacked on british in Jhansi with help of
tatya tope the minister under peshwa Nana saheb.
• The british were defeated in many battles.
• The britishers lost their power that they have ,all the

30. kingdoms started began to be free from british rule ,their
soilders and big officers were killed.

31. THE COMPANY FIGHTS BACK

32. • The company bought army from England to fight against
the rebel forces.
• New laws were passed to control the revolt.
• The british army went to major centres of revolt like
Delhi,Kanpur,Jhansi and etc. .
• Delhi was recaptured from the rebel forces on september
1857.

33. A picture in which the britishers have destroyed the
kashmere gate to enter and capture delhi from the rebel
forces.

34. LAST MUGHAL EMPEROR ARRESTED
Bahadur shah zafar was arrested.
He was tried in court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He and his wife begum zinat mahal was sent to rangoon jail
in october 1858.
His sons were shot cold blooded in front of his eyes by
captain hodson.
He died in rangoon jail in november 1862.

36. BIGGEST BATTLE OF 19 CENTURY
• Historians said that it was the biggest battle of 19
century.
• It took almost two years for East India Company to
control the situation.
• Lucknow was captured in 1858.
• Rani lakshmi bai was killed in june 1858 and Jhansi
was annexed.
• TATYA TOPE escaped to jungles of central india.He
fought guerilla war (forest war) with help of tribals
and local chiefs.

37. He was caught, tried and killed in april1859.

38. SOME IMPORTANT PLACES OF 1857
REVOLT
These were some major places of 1857 revolt.
 OLD DELHI
 BAREILLY
 FAIZABAD
 JHANSI
 KANPUR
 LUCKNOW
 MERRUT
 . The other places of revolt are also given-

39.  SIALKOT
 LAHORE
 JULLUNDUR
 PHILLOUR
 FEROZPUR
 ROHTAK
 SAHARANPUR
 MORADABAD
 BULANDSHAHR
 ALIGARH
 MANIPURI
 FATEHGARH

40.  SITAPUR
 GONDA
 BAHRAICH
 NAWABGANJ
 SULTANPUR
 PRATAPGARH
 AZAMGARH
 BANARAS
 DINAPUR
 JAUNPUR
 NOWGONG
 NAGODE
 SAGAR

41.  JABALPUR
 MHOW
 NIMCH
 NASIRABAD

43. AFTERMATH
The British had regained control of the country by the end of
1859,but they could not carry on ruling the land with the same
policies any more.
Given below are the important changes that were introduced by
the British.
1. The British Parliament passed a new Act in 1858 and
transferred the powers of the East India Company to the
British Crown in order to ensure a more responsible
management of Indian affairs. A member of the British
Cabinet was appointed Secretary of State for India and made
responsible for all matters related to the governance of India.

44. Council. The Governor-General of India was given the
title of Viceroy, that is, a personal representative of the
Crown. Through these measures the British government
accepted direct responsibility for ruling India.
3.All ruling chiefs of the country were assured that their
territory would never be annexed in future. They were
allowed to pass on their kingdoms to their heirs,
including adopted sons.
However, they were made to acknowledge the British
Queen as their Sovereign Paramount. Thus the Indian
rulers were to hold their kingdoms as subordinates of the
British Crown.

45. 4. It was decided that the proportion of Indian soldiers in
the army would be reduced and the number of European
soldiers would be increased. It was also decided that
instead of recruiting soldiers from Awadh, Bihar, central
India and south India, more soldiers would be recruited
from among the Gurkhas, Sikhs and Pathans.
The land and property of Muslims was confiscated on a
large scale and they were treated with suspicion and
hostility. The British believed that they were responsible
for the rebellion in a big way.
5. The British decided to respect the customary religious
and social practices of the people in India.

46. 6. Policies were made to protect landlords and zamindars and
give them security of rights over their lands.
Thus a new phase of history began after 1857.

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