THE GREAT
UPRISING
The Immediate
Causes
Introduction
What is the great Uprising?
Ans: The Indian Uprising also
called the Great Rebellion of
1857 was a major, but
ultimately unsuccessful,
uprising in India in 1857–58
against the rule of the British
East India Company, which
functioned as a sovereign
power on behalf of the British
First Cause
One of the immediate factor was
the introduction of the ‘Enfield’
rifle. It was said that the cartridge
of this rifle was wrapped in the fat
of cow and pig. The cartridge had
to be bitten off before loading it
into the gun. Thus the Hindu and
Muslim soldiers were reluctant to
use the ‘Enfield’ rifle.
Second Cause
At Barrack pore (Bengal), the
soldiers of the 34th Native
Infantry, refused to obey the
commander Lt. B.augh. Mangal
Pandey who led the uprising,
wanted to kill Lt. Baugh and
finally Mangal Pandey was
overpowered and he was
hanged.
THIRd Cause
After the event of Barrack pore,
on 10th May, 1857 General
Bakht Khan who was posted in
Meerut, along with the
contingent of troops from
Meerut and Bareily, marched to
Delhi, and then the context of
the revolt was set, when he
declared Bahadur Shah Zafar as
the leader of the revolt.
So, 10th May, 1857, was regarded as the
beginning of the revolt. After initial
reluctance, Bahadur Shah Zafar, agreed to
become the leader of the revolt. General
Bakht Khan raised Bahadur Shah Zafar as
the leader of the revolt as the people of
India still accepted Mughal suzerainty over
India, and it was symbolic for him to lead
A Short
Video
https://youtu.be/ataW-bloIEY
PARTICIPANTS
• Shreya Bajpai
• Twisha Sinha
• Shreya Yadav
• Sneha Mishra
• Vaibhav Pandey
• Tanisha Pritam
• Shivendra Singh Chauhan
• Shubhi Pathak
• Swati Singh
ThankS note
Presentation by
Shreya Bajpai
