History & Civics
Give reasons:
The Indian sepoys refused to bite the cartridges of the Enfield rifle.
Answer
It was rumoured that the cartridges of the Enfield rifle were greased with the fat of cows and pigs. The cow was the holy animal of Hindus and the pig was considered taboo for the Muslims. The sepoys felt that the British were doing this to defile their religions, and they refused to bite off the cartridges.
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Assertion (A): The Uprising of 1857 failed in India.
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