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Revolt of 1857
Revolt of 1857
Revolt of 1857
VLACK OF PLANNING0
VLACK OFLEADERSïIP
VLACK OF ORGANISATION
Movement without planning, organization and
leadership is bound to be a failure. The revolt of 1857
was no exception. The revolt was supposed to have
started on May 31, 1857 as decided by Nana Sahib
and his colleagues. But an incident at Meerut whereby
the soldiers had to bite cartridges made of pig fat and
cow fat added fuel to the fire leading to the revolt
breaking out early. The leaders had no made plans.
The movement had no leader on top to guide people
and command obedience. Every movement reqiures
some sort of discipline and a leader to guide and help.
But since the Revolt unexpectedly broke out on May
10, 1857, there is nothing much the leaders could do.
@EPOY MUTINY
V The Mutiny or Sepoy rebellion (1857±
1858), or, as it is often referred to in
contemporary India or Pakistan, the War
for Indpendence, changed the shape of
the British empire. Before the Mutiny,
British India was ruled through a
chartered business corporation, the East
India Company, under the fiction that they
were the proxies of native princes. After
the struggle, that fiction was laid to rest.