UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2020 · Q2(b) · 20 marks
For long, the Revolt of 1857, has been mistaken to be a mere mutiny of the Indian sepoys in the Bengal army. However, its causes need to be searched for not only in the dissatisfaction of the army but in a long drawn process of fundamental Social and economic change that upset the peasant communities. Discuss.
- Chapter
- Indian Response to British Rule
- Topic
- Revolt of 1857: Causes and Course
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