There were uprisings against the British in every corner of the country in the nineteenth century. Make a list of the uprisings in your locality and manner in which the imperialists dealt with them.

In 1856, the British began to annex many cities on the pretext of alleged misrule. My locality was annexed too after which we had to pay higher taxes, the nobles, officials and soldiers were thrown out of jobs. The resentment of the people lead to various uprisings in my locality. Some of them are as follows:

1. In March 1857, the introduction of greased cartridges began the revolt against the British. Various regiments were disbanded and sent to their villages. Sepoys who refused to use greased cartridges were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour.
2. The Indian soldiers broke into the jail and freed their fellow comrades. They captured the city and tried to unite all the chiefs but their success was short-lived. Soon the city was recaptured by the British forces and their enemies were punished severely.
3. In May 1857, there was another uprising where the Indian soldiers beseiged the residence of Sir Henry Lawrence, where all the Europeans resided. Although the Indian forces were motivated and showed great valor, they could not fight off the British forces and in March 1858, the British regained control of the city.

Thus, although there were many uprisings, they were not organised well and ultimately, could not succeed.