THE REVOLT OF 1857
In 1856, the enfield rifles were issued by the British government.
The catridges of rifles were prepared from fatty substances. A soldier was
trained to tear of the cartridge with
his teeth and load the bullet in the rifles. When the soldier know about
catridges they refused to use those rifles . This revolt increased rapidly
after the death of Mangal Pandey. The 85 soldiers of meerut were put behind bars
by the Britishers. They broke the prison .Later, they oppointed bahadur shah
zafar II as the emperor of
delhi.
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