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प्रश्न
What were the social causes behind the struggle of 1857?
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उत्तर
- The Indians felt that Britishers interfered in their culture, traditions and customs.
- The British enacted Sati Prohibition Act and the Widow Remarriage Act.
- These were seen as an interference in the lifestyle of the Indians.
- Indians resented it as it was regarded as the destruction of the way of life by the British government.
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Awadh was annexed on the ground of maladministration.
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