What Caused the Sepoy Mutiny?

The mutiny began when sepoys refused to use new rifle cartridges (which were thought to be lubricated with grease containing a mixture of pigs' and cows' lard and thus religiously impure). They were shackled and imprisoned, but their outraged comrades shot their British officers and marched on Delhi.

What caused the Sepoy Mutiny quizlet?

the causes of the sepoy rebellion was when some angry sepoys rose up against their british officers. Also when the east india company required sepoys to serve overseas which was against the sepoy's religion. ... the rebellion also resulted in the brutal masscre of british men, women, and children.

What are the main causes of the mutiny?

Historians have identified diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (War of Independence 1857). An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857.

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