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Subject: Social Science- History Topic: The Great Uprising of 1857 Std.: VIII

Categorise the following speech bubbles into the Causes, Events and Results of the Great
Uprising of 1857.

Event Cause
Bahadur Shah Zafar took The British laid emphasis on Event
charge of the Uprising commercial crops due to which Residency building was set
campaign. self-sufficient village economy on fire by the sepoys at
was destroyed. Lucknow.

Result Cause Cause

Many Indian rulers refused to The sepoys were fed and Some rules of the British
help the rebels and actively lodged in a worse manner army violated the
supported the British in than their British religious beliefs of
suppressing the uprising. counterparts. sepoys.

Result Result Event

Sepoys freed the imprisoned The British took immediate British women and children
soldiers, set fire to the steps to suppress the were massacred at Kanpur.
barracks and the homes of uprising with all their This caused outrage back
British civilians. might. home in Britain.

Result
Event Event
The British government later
Sepoys refused to use Soldiers were given a
took control of India, removing
the cartridge; they were new Enfield rifle. The
the governing powers of the East
arrested and sent to jail cartridges were coated in
India Company.
for 10 years. pork/beef fat.

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