What was one cause of the sepoy rebellion in india?
a. the british outlawed many indian traditions.
b. the british instituted the caste system.
c. the british began to collect taxes.
d. the british opened trade posts.

A. The British outlawed many Indian traditions.

Explanation:

The rebellion of India in 1857 began as a riot of sepoys, the Indian soldiers of the army of the British East India Company, on May 10, 1857, in the quartering of the town of Meerut. Soon there was an escalation of the conflict with the outbreak of other riots and civil strikes along the Gangetic plain and central India. The main clashes occurred in areas of the current Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh and the Delhi region. This rebellion posed a considerable threat to the power of the British Company throughout the region and was not suppressed until the fall of the kingdom of Gwalior on June 20, 1858. The rebellion of the sepoys is also known by some Indian historians as First War of Independence of India.

One cause of the Sepoy Rebellion in India is A. The British outlawed many Indian traditions.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is a major 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 Crown.

Sepoy mutiny (native troops in the British army) began on May 10, 1857, when Indian soldiers who had been placed in irons for refusing to accept new cartridges were rescued by their comrades.

The Sepoy Rebellion was caused by British that insensitivity to the growing dismay amongst the Indian Sepoys, or soldiers, being used to enhance British aims of expansionism and colonialism. The Sepoy soldiers developed resentment about how British companies gaining wealth at the hands of the Indians. Of the 40,000 Europeans living in India, approximately one in seven perished. Whereas on the Indian side, at least 800,000 died in the uprising and the ensuing famine

Therefore one cause of the Sepoy Rebellion in India is A. The British outlawed many Indian traditions.

Grade:  9

Subject:  history

Chapter:  the Sepoy Rebellion in India

Keywords: the caste system, India, the Sepoy Rebellion, British, taxes

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