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In 1824, the Bengal Army led to an outbreak. The 47th
Native intany td preced Baa wot
france funded prt nese te om
sie Infra 1 te ih Repent er
refused to march into Sind. The 7th Bengal Cavalry
ste 6h Regimen flowed he
On sunday. 29 ach na pied fo Lien
Baugh Adjutant the Ns at» oy named
Mong aya tae oo
on May 20, 1857. ne
This was followed by mutnies in the Pais, a
Naushea on May 21 and Hot Marden during the
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Dalhousie annexed: aye .
1848
Satara
Jaitpur 1849
‘Sambhalpur - 1849
Punjab : 1849
Sikkim Fs 1850
Bharatpur - 1850
Udaipur. - 1852
Pegu (Burma) : 1852
Jhansi : 1853,
N 1854
Awad 1856
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+ Religious objections by sepoys. According to Hinds
customs and traditions crossing the sea meant losing
caste,
° Activities of Christian missionaries led to the re- |
sentment of the conservative section of society
> British intervention in Hindu customs and laws also
invited. protest as in case of Abolition of sat (1829), |
widow remarriage act (1856), et: |
> British economic policies which led to the deindus-
trialisation of traditional industries in India was a fac- |
tor of discontent among village artisans and crafts- |
men.
Harsh revenue settlements made peasants deprived
of basic amenities and left them with no other choice
put to stand against the oppressors.
Enfield Rifle with
> However, introduction of the new
greased cartridges (had to be bitten before loading it
ito rifle) caused dissatisfaction among sepoys, as they
thought that the Britishers conspire to pollute them
Jke them lose their religion.
The annexation policy of Dalhousie also created
wi ‘resentment. The Punjab and Lower Burma
by the right of conquest; Avadh on the plea of malad:
‘mainistration; and Jhansi, Satara, Napur, etc, by the
‘Dalhousie also refused to grant Nana
Sahib, the adopted son of the P
Peshwa Baji
rupees 8 lakh:
» On March
stationed at Barrackpur, Be
cartridges, Mangal Pandey of sepoys atta
killed the British adjutant.
1 The sepoys of 3rd Cavalry at Meerut, on 10th May
1857 refused to use the greased cartridges and revolted.
Meerut was the largest military station in Northern
hed to Delhi, and were accompanied
Native Infantries and declared
1 as the Emperor of India on May
took place at: Mathura, Lucknow,
pur, Kanpur, Benaras, Jhansi and
Bareiily, Shajahan
Allahabad
Assam: Led by Diwan Mainram Dutta and placed
Kandarpesvar Singh on throne.
Orisssa: The Princes of Sambalpur, Sur
Usal Sahi participated
Chhottanagpur: Raja of Porah
Khairwar tnbes of Palamau rose against the
Sind. Shahzada Pir Muhammad, Imam Bakhsh and
Khan protested but failed.
Kotah in Rajasthan was the mest important place dur
it. Here the political agent Major Burton
aders of the revolt
rendra Sahi and
at and Chero and
British
Ali
ing the re
was murdered and the important
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Qutreaks took place in Central India a Indore, | ji: The sou spring of the ional tae
Mandasor, Mhow, Dhar, &mjhera>In Kolhapur, (10) ‘Ashok WEN he eblion ea
{Belgaum and Dharwar, there were palpable instances | than a ‘mere sepoy mutiny nd eruption.”
of revolt. Important Books:
Who did not participate? 1: History of the Indian Mutiny: T R Holmes
» Gulab Singh of Kashmir 2.A History of the Sepoy in india: J W Kaye
» Salar Jung of Hyderabad 5 Indian Mutiny of 1857: G B Malleson,
Jung Bahadur of Nepal * 1857: N Sen
» Begum of Bhopal 5 The Sepoy Revol its causes and consequences: H
‘at | Mead, os
Dipankar Rao (Scindia’s Minister)
Sclaan fs war of independence: Vir Savarkar
» Indian intelligentia class. Failure:
fie 1) Disraeli: National Revolt, 2) Ellenborough:
(1) The main important cause was the lack of a general
inate War OrJustin Meaty» conte | oh
i
Plan and a central organisation guiding the whole
lary grievances rata ated and rege | Pan . :
fanaticism, (4) Charles Balt: the rebellion of whole | (2) Ty inferiority in generalship, strategy, military
people (5) Fonvielle: a Cis cblion (6) Major | skil, and discipline of the mutineers wee snothe
aba ont the ae ott 288 igeamiabos | Inperam ena thc fan
aver at th fle gad ay, i ith: | (3) The failure of the outbreak Sara beiaee
lisconen! manlested tough sey; (eCaning to the fact that nether the leaders, nor the sepoys
rebellion by Brahmans on religious preteses; 3) PC the masses were inspired by any high ideal.ESS ER
~¥ ln 1550, frst Press was established by Portuguese. |
» In 1780, James Augustus Hicky started the first news |
Paper weekly in India: Bengal Gazette gi)Calcutta
General Advertiser.
» This paper was very aggressive and attacked both |
Warren Hastings and Chiet Justice (E. Impey); attacked
the missionary. a
» Six more papers were started in Calcutta in between
1780-1793. One of the journal's eMTF was deported
by Sir John Shore. Three newspapers were =India
zette 1780) Calcutta Gazette - 1784, Hurkaru
In 1785, in Maras, Madras Courrier w
started
In 1795: India Herald's editor was deported, because
of writing against Prince of Wales;
» Madras Gazette was banned.
? In 1789, in Bombay first weekly was called Bombay
Herald =
7? In 1790, Bombay Courrier and in 1791, Bombay Ga-
zette merged with Bombay Herald in 1792.
» In 1818, Digdarshan was started as the fist Bengali
weekly by Marshman from Srirampore.
Fue 3
bhai Kavasi.
Jra Vidyasagar started
was started. {ts editor was |
¥ In 1898, Ishwar Chand
Somaprakash. in Beriga em
In 1862, Indian Mirror was started, nal ls i
tor was Devendranath Tagore, followed
Keshavehandra Sen and Narendranath Sen
¥'In 1861, Indian Field (English), was started by
Kishorichandra Mitra
» In 1862, Bengali was sta
Ghosh
> In 1865, National Paper was started. Its editor was
arted by Girishchandra
Navgopal Mitra, %
» Hindu Patriot was started by Kishori Das Pal.
Sn 28th September 1861, Bombay Times, Bombay >
>On
Standard, Bombay Courrier and_The Telegraph
merged together to form Times of India. Its editor
was Robert Knight,
|» in1875, The Friend of India, a journal was started
by Robert Knight. It was established by Carey, Ward
and Marshman in 1818, Initially, it was monthly but,
‘was latter changed to weekly.
» In 1875, Statesman was started by Robert Knight
>In 1818 (23 May), Samachar Darpan (Bengali) was #-alled Bayard of Indian Press). In 1890, Statesman and
started by Marshman from Sri Rampore.
» In 1818 Bengal Jeti probably whose editor was
Harachand Roy (Member of Atmiya Sabha).
» On December 4th, 1821, Samvad Kaumudi was
started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
>On 5th March, ete Chandrika, (which
was initially, weekly, but was latter made twice a
week) was started. 2 ae
>On April 1822, Ram Mohan Published, a weekly,
Mirat -ul-Ahbar, in Persian language
—
» On 28th March, 1822 Jamis-Jahanum:
‘was started in Urdu and Pe rsian languiag
» Bangadoot/Berigal Herald a published
in four languages: ‘Bengali, Persian and Hindi.
Its editor was R. Montegomery Martin and patron was
Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore. moi
» In 1822, Bombay Samachar in Gujarati was pub-
lished. ne
» In 1837, Syed-ul-Akbhar, a weekly in Urdu was pub-
lished.
AF in 1838, Dilli Akhbar, an Urdu weekly was pub-
fabeds CT Ea ae
»In 1838, English paper Bombay Times/ Times of
India (Latter) was developed by Bombay Courrier.
» In 1840, Hindu Patriot was started by Harishchandra
+ Tn 1851, Gujarati fortnightly Rust Goftar was started
by Dadabhai Naofoji.
Friend of India merged to become St
» In 1868, Madras Mail, the first evening newspaper
was started. re
In 1865, Pioneer was started from Allahabad.
» in 1876, Miltary Gazette was published from Lahore.
>In 1881, on request of S.N. Banerjee, Sardar Dayal
Singh started a paper, Tribune in Lahore.
In 1858, Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan became the edi-
tor of the Bengali journal Somaprakash,
In 1864, Bhudev Mukhopadhyay started a ‘monthly
Shiksha Darpan O Sambadasara.
» Jogendranath Vidyabhushan started a newspaper
| AppDanten (on Italian Unification) in Bengali. 35
Hindu Hitaishin’ from Dhaka and Bharat Mihir from 3¥
‘Mymen Singh was started. fs
» On 20th Feb,, 1868 - Amrit Bazar Patrika (formerly
called Polomagura). Its first editor was Shishir Kumar
Ghosh" Father of Indian Revolutionary Terrorism).? 4
»In 1871, Patrika was published,
» On January T, 1879, Bengali was revived by SN.
Banerjee.
In 1881, Bangabhasi was published.
Jn 1883, Sanjeevani was published.
} In 1870, Keshavachandra Sen started Sulabh Sama-
chi
“YOn 20th September 1878, Hindu was started from
Madras by G, Subramanium Ayyer as a weekly. Later,
it was made triweekly in October I883, when
» In 1852, Akhbar -O-Saudagar, a Gujarati triweekly
a =
Kusturiangar became its editor. Jn-1889, it was made a