The first War of Freedom 1857 | PART - 2 | The Indian National Movement | Revolt of 1857

Please watch: "Nikola Tesla | The Untold Story | The Open Book"    • Nikola Tesla | The Untold Story | The Open...   -~- Classroom learning is not only enough for kids, Here TheOpenBook providing printable and online worksheets to help younger kids to learn their alphabets, numbers, shapes, colors and other basic skills. For more info visit our website: http://theopenbook.in/ Subscribe to our Channel :    / theopenbook   Facebook :   / theopenbookedu   Subscribe :    / theopenbook   Add Us on Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+TheopenbookIn Twitter :   / thenewopenbook   blogger : https://smartedukids.blogspot.in/ The humiliated British were not prepared to give up that easily and soon recouped to suppress the rebellion. They brought more forces and passed new laws stating the mutineers would be severely dealt with. Finally the might of the British suppressed the revolt. The British had to make far reaching changes in their administrative set up to hold on to thr reins of power. Causes for the failure of the revolt: Historians believe the revolt failed for the following reasons. It was confined to only certain pockets in the country and many parts of India remained untouched by it especially South India. The revolt did not get support from all sections of society. Some of the princes remained loyal to the British. The intellectual class did not participate in the revolt. The rebels were unorganized and had not looked at an alternative for British rule in terms of institutions. The mutineers did not have a strong leadership to fall back upon though individuals like Rani Lakshmi Bai, Nana Sahib and others managed to prolong the contest. The revolters did not have modern weapons unlike the British and that was again a handicap for them. The British had access to good communication systems like the railways and telegraph which the mutineers did not. Results of the Revolt: The British managed to regain control over the country by the end of 1859. They realized that they could not continue with the same policies and many far reaching changes took place as rhw aftermath of the revolt. We shall discuss some of the changes here: The British Parliament passed a new act in 1858 whereby the governance of the country moved directly to the British Crown from the East India Company. The British parliament appointed a secretary of state for India and he was made responsible for all affairs concerning India. He was given a council to advise him called the India council. The Governor General was henceforth called the Viceroy. He was considered a representative of the British Crown and the British government accepted direct responsibility of ruling India. The rulers in India were assured that their territories would not be annexed in future and could pass on their kingdoms to their heirs or adopted heirs. But they had to accept the Queen as Soverign and accept they were subordinates of the British crown. The proportion of Indian soldiers were decreased in the Indian army and more British soldiers were put in their place The land and property of the Muslims were confiscated and they were treated with suspicion. The British decided to respect the social and religious sentiments of the Indians. Policies to protect the lands of the landlords and zamindars were passed to give them a sense of security. The Debate: Was the revolt really the First War of Independence? Even to date the controversy as to whether the mutiny could be termed as the First War of Independence continues to rage among historians. While the British historians called it as an outburst of resent from only the soldiers and hence named it as the Sepoy Mutiny the Indian historians felt that there was evidence to prove that it could be termed as the First War of Independence. This they substantiated with proof that it was the first time that the Indians as a group had showed their angeragainst the policies of the British. Other scholars feel it is not so since the motive of the soldiers was not independence. Though this debate continues nothing can take away the fact that the mutiny had far reaching consequences in shaping the history of India. #theopenbook #Education #Educationalvideos #Studyiq #learn #Cbse #icse #ssc #generalknowledge