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The Sepoy Rebellion took place in India. This was a mutiny of the native troops known as 'sepoys'. They rebelled because a rumor had started claiming that tin an effort of the British to overtake their lands that their bullets had been greased with the fat of cows and pigs. The result was that India would be under the direct rule of Great Britain.
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May 10 1857.
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The causes of the Sepoy rebellion were rumors were spread that the rifles were being greased with beef and pork fat. For Hindu soldiers, the cow is sacred. For Muslim soldiers, they can't touch pork. Also, Indian soldiers were required to fight in foreign lands. This angered the Hindu's because they would lose their caste if traveled overseas. The Sepoy Rebellion broke out in 1857. Indian revolt against British rule. British won.
India came to be ruled directly by the british government