Question

What were the political factors that lead to the First War of Indian Independence?

Answer 1

Hint: The first independence war, also known as the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
On 10 May, 1857, the first war of independence began. It was a time of rebellions against British control in northern and central India.

Complete answer:
The main political factors that lead to the First War of Indian independence were:
-The Britishers were forcing peasants to pay high revenue.
-The British were also pressuring Indian depots to cross the sea to fight the battle, but sepoys were not prepared to do it because it was assumed that he would lose his caste and faith if any Sepoy crossed the sea.
-The main political cause was the policy of Doctrine of lapse. It was an annexation policy allegedly planned by Lord Dalhousie according to which, if the ruler died without a male heir, any princely state or territory under the British East India Company would immediately be annexed.
-They were also not ready to make Rani Lakshmibai’s adopted son as male heir of Jhansi.
-The East India Company inferred the internal matters of Indian states and followed the policy of Divide and Rule.
-Indian princes were upset by the subsidiary coalition and the Dalhousie lapse Doctrine. Not only to princes, but also to large Zamindars, the policy of lapse Doctrine was applied. The Rulers, Princes, their courtiers and disbanded soldiers and tenants were angry with the British for all these reasons.

Note:
Causes of First war of independence are:
i) Defective Administration.
ii) Restrictions on Colonial Trade.
iii) The Declaration of Independence.
iv) The treaty of Versailles.