Who was Mangal Pandey? What did he do?

State two consequences of the First War of Indian Independence on the East India Company.

Mention any two drawbacks of the First War of Independence.

Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:

"The sepoys are now enjoined to display communal harmony and exhorted to pray to their respective gods…. They are now called sipah-i-Hindostan (the Army of India) and there are appeals now to fellow countrymen "ahl-i watan", dear compatriots "aziz ham-watan" with specific exhortations for a united rallying of Hindus and Muslims."
— The Dehli Urdu Akhbar (the first Urdu weekly newspaper), June 1857

(a) What was the policy that the British followed to dispel 'the communal harmony'?

(b) Briefly explain how the British unwittingly led to the united rallying of Hindus and Muslims by introducing the Enfield Rifle.

(c) How was the British army reorganised to avoid another uprising of this kind?