Indian Soldiers in the British East India Company Army - Sepoys, The rulers of India up to the Indian Uprising of 1857 - British East India Company, The period of direct rule of India by the British Government from London - The Raj, The period of the Raj - 1857-1947, Independence for India (and Pakistan) - 1947, Hindu custom of cremating a widow with her dead husband that was outlawed by the British  - Sati, BEIC policy used to take over Indian states - Doctrine of Lapse, The 2 main religious groups in India who came together in the Indian Uprising of 1857 - Hindus and Muslims, The introduction of gun cartridges smeared with pork and beef fat that upset muslims and hindus - The "straw that broke the camels back" in causing the Indian Uprising, BEIC officers no longer lived with their men, secluding themselves in white-only clubs - The BEIC were out of touch, The BEIC were fighting wars in the Crimea and China, as well as putting down rebellions in India - The BEIC were overstretched, Governor of India who instituted (often unpopular) reform - Lord Dalhousie, Seen as ungodly - Frequent Indian reaction to new technology, The place Sepoys objected to being sent to fight - China, The religious group that regarded pigs (and therefore pig fat) as unclean - Muslims (Islam), The group that regarded cows and sacred (and therefore could not touch beef fat) - Hindus (Hinduism), British East India Company officers who were able to keep their sepoys in army barracks despite the uprising - Officers who had remained close to their sepoys and who still had their trust,

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