Indians Rebel

The uprising in India seemed successful at first, but after a few years Britain took back almost all control again. The countries involved with this uprising were the British and India. It all started with the Britains disrespecting the Muslim and Hindu people in India. The Britains were capping the ends of the gun cartridges with pork and beef fat then biting it off to put in their guns. This was very disrespectful since the cow is sacred to Hindus and Muslims don't eat pork. Putting this fat in their mouth went against their religions. This led to the Sepoy Mutiny which was an oubreak of fierce fighting all over northern India. It took Britain more than a year to stop the revolt. This revolt was very successful because the India people didn't earn their freedom even after a year of fighting and revolting. Britian forced harsh and more direct rule over India.