Big and Small rebellions before 1857 revolt in British India
The 1857 uprising was the culmination of the recurrent, big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate. The 1857 revolt was know as "Mangal Pandey: The Rising" through a hindi movie. The revolt mostly was well know to many Indians because of the British India's strong stand on using Enfield rifels. These rifles catridges are filled with Cow and Pig fat. In order to use these catridges the soilder have to bite . Both the muslim coummunity and Hindus felt humiliated and organised into a small rebellions for such anti religious sentiment. The revolt even though not carried by every part of country, but many individuals taken leadership for the revolt. This inculde Jhani Laxmi Bhai, Tantia tope, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Kunwar Singh. All these revolts was covered in many places with details. The foundation of the 1857 revolt is not one day happening. I