Were the British soldiers stationed in India in 1857 British or Indian?

We have always felt that the Indians in history have always been submissive, weak and deceitful. But as the saying goes, a good dog will jump over the wall when it is in a hurry, and a rabbit will bite when it is in a hurry. During the period of British colonial rule, due to the oppressive behavior of the East India Company, the largest armed uprising in Indian history broke out in India, although the enterprise was finally suppressed, but the British side also paid a heavy price, a large number of British soldiers were killed, especially the East India Company, which oppressed the Indians, completely lost its dominance over India.

An uprising sparked by a bullet.

Early British rule in the Indian subcontinent was delegated to the East India Company. However, the East India Company, as a group of merchants, was not very good at governing the country, and he only thought about the company's profits. Therefore, under the rule of the East India Company, India can be said to be a poor people.

Many farmers have lost their land and have no way to make a living. The local governor was also a fool and even conscripted all these peasants who had lost their land into the army. This is a typical businessman's thinking, he thinks that the peasants have a livelihood and a stable place, and at the same time India has enough troops to maintain law and order.

He didn't think about whether there would be chaos among the peasants who were dissatisfied with them.

Not surprisingly, the Indian soldiers rebelled, and the fuse for everything was because of a bullet. At that time, the British Indian army switched to the latest Enfield rifles, the bullet casing was lubricated, and the bullet had to be bitten with teeth before shooting.

In the case of colonies, it must be the British.

The reason why Britain is good is because when Britain invaded them, it not only made a lot of money, but also built them 10,000 kilometers of railways, how big is this contribution to India? In today's India, there are still many places that use the railways built by the Indians, and if it were not for the British, many Indians would not be able to hang the train even if they wanted to.

In addition, the construction of infrastructure has also helped them a lot. Finally, and most importantly, after India's independence, the territory area has increased greatly, you know, India's predecessor Mughal Empire did not fully control the Indian peninsula, but after the British took control of the Indian peninsula, they simply annexed other small federal states to India, and India was very happy about this.

In the end, India became independent, not by force but only by negotiation, and for the other invaders, Britain was like a good country to help India build a state. Therefore, after the Indians have picked up so many bargains, even if they have been colonized for nearly two hundred years, they still feel that they have earned it, so many Indian people now maintain a good opinion of the British.

India was once a British colony, why don't Indians resent the British? There are three main reasons.

Indians have been ruled by the British for hundreds of years, the Anglometry is obvious, their official language is English, they have forgotten their native language, what else can not be forgotten? They have forgotten the pain and suffering brought about by colonialism, and clinging to the arms of Britain and the United States is itself a kind of servility.

After the full-scale occupation of India by the British colonists, the contradictions between the Indian soldiers and the British colonists intensified, and some of the privileges they had previously enjoyed, such as tax exemption for their families and half of their salaries during the war, were abolished. The colonial authorities quietly violated the mercenary rules by sending Indian soldiers to fight outside the spring of India, increasing the chances of being wounded and killed in battle, which aroused great resentment and strong resentment among the Indian soldiers. In addition, the religious feelings of the Indian soldiers were seriously hurt.

The bullets issued by the colonial authorities to Indian soldiers were wrapped in thick paper coated with lard and tallow and had to bite through the thick paper skin of the bullets with their teeth. Since the Islamic ban on pork and the Hindu ban on beef, the use of the new bullet caused a strong repercussion and indignation among Islamists and Hindus. Therefore, these organized and armed Indian soldiers, who were dissatisfied with the bullying and discrimination of the British, became the vanguard and perpetrators of the great national uprising.

It may not be said of conquest, just colonial expansion. It was not until 1670 that King Charles II issued five laws that granted the East India Company the right to occupy territory, mint coins, command forts and armies, form alliances and declare war, sign peace treaties, and try civil and criminal proceedings in occupied areas. There were not a few hundred, but they were probably from one stronghold to another, and the soldiers included Europeans and Indians.

In the process of conquering and ruling India, the British colonists conscripted an Indian mercenary army, the so-called soldier "Sipayi". The British colonizers ruled over 200 million Indians with 240,000 Indian soldiers, while controlling 40,000 British officers.