Revolt of 1857

REVOLT OF
1857
CAUSES :-


POLITICAL


SOCIO RELIGIOUS


ECONOMIC


MILITARY

,POLITICAL CAUSES
• DOCTRINE OF LAPSE
• POLICY OF CONQUEST
• SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE
• ANNEXATION OF AWADH
• DISCOURTESY TO THE MUGHAL
EMPEROR
• TREATMENT METED OUT TO
NANA SAHEB & LAKSHMI BAI
• ABSENTEE SOVEREIGNTYSHIP

,DOCTRINE OF LAPSE
• APPLICABLE TO DEPENDENT
STATES
• KINGS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
ADOPT
• IF THE KING DIED WITHOUT A
NATURAL HEIR,THEN THE STATE
WENT BACK TO THE E.I.C.
• EXAMPLES –
SATARA,JHANSI,NAGPUR

, POLICY OF CONQUEST
• WAR WAS USED TO CAPTURE
TERRITORIES
• EG- BATTLE OF PLASSEY [1757]
• EG- BATTLE OF BUXAR[1764]-
CONQUEST OF BENGAL
• ANGLO MYSORE WARS[ 1767-97]-
LOSS OF MYSORE STATE
• CONQUEST OF PUNJAB[1849]
• CONQUEST OF
SINDH,ASSAM,ARAKAN&
TENASSERIUM & PEGU IN
MYNMAR