12-20-2005, 02:42 AM
Christian missionary work created the 1875 revolt!
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CANKERS OF A CALM WORLD:THE SEPOY REVOLT
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Christianity and infidelity were set against the Hindu and Muslim religions. The telegraph was evil, and the railroads put crowds together, threatening caste.(10)
Fear of the loss of caste was a great problem for Indians. In 1856 the British brought in the General Service Enlistment Act which provided that new army recruits must serve overseas as well as in India. To cross the dark waters would stain a Hindu's caste standing beyond repair. The act was passed to ensure plenty of soldiers for Burma where four years before the native regiments there refused to obey orders to march, but the sepoys believed the act was a conspiracy to pollute the Brahmans and other high caste people, thus making them more likely to become Christian.(11)
Hindus made much of the canker they saw as a conspiracy to make all Indians Christian. The Case Disabilities Act of 1850 provided that Christian converts could inherit property, thus giving the religion of the West a material advantage. In 1856 an act was passed which permitted widow remarriage. Hindus believed these laws were direct attacks on their religion to force them into Christianity. The Hindus also disappoved of reforms suppressing suttee and infanticide.(12) When the problem with greased cartridges came, it was "proof of an insidious missionary plot to defile them and force their conversion to Christianity."(13) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.geocities.com/genebrooks/sepoy.html
CANKERS OF A CALM WORLD:THE SEPOY REVOLT
Copyright © 1990 Gene Brooks Home
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Christianity and infidelity were set against the Hindu and Muslim religions. The telegraph was evil, and the railroads put crowds together, threatening caste.(10)
Fear of the loss of caste was a great problem for Indians. In 1856 the British brought in the General Service Enlistment Act which provided that new army recruits must serve overseas as well as in India. To cross the dark waters would stain a Hindu's caste standing beyond repair. The act was passed to ensure plenty of soldiers for Burma where four years before the native regiments there refused to obey orders to march, but the sepoys believed the act was a conspiracy to pollute the Brahmans and other high caste people, thus making them more likely to become Christian.(11)
Hindus made much of the canker they saw as a conspiracy to make all Indians Christian. The Case Disabilities Act of 1850 provided that Christian converts could inherit property, thus giving the religion of the West a material advantage. In 1856 an act was passed which permitted widow remarriage. Hindus believed these laws were direct attacks on their religion to force them into Christianity. The Hindus also disappoved of reforms suppressing suttee and infanticide.(12) When the problem with greased cartridges came, it was "proof of an insidious missionary plot to defile them and force their conversion to Christianity."(13) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->