Talk:Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

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Hope those who have worked on this page are okay with the alterations (see my edit summary) I made to the opening paragraph. I think it is now improved in clarity and balance (betw. immediate cause and underlying). Jon Acheson (talk) 03:06, 10 February 2016 (UTC)Jon Acheson

Enfield Rifle Coatings

I can't find what the 1853 Enfield rifle cartridges were coated with anywhere. Could anyone shed some light on what grease was used? (Lucas(CA) 20:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC))

The Rifles were covered with either lard (pork fat) or tallow (beef fat). Both types of grease were used Flaming Scimitar 12:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC) 13:28 20 August 2007

Do you have a reference for that? Francis Davey (talk) 20:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Not the rifles, the cartridges:

F. S. Roberts, Forty-One Years in India. From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief (Project Gutenberg):

The recent researches of Mr. Forrest in the records of the Government of India prove that the lubricating mixture used in preparing the cartridges was composed of the objectionable ingredients, cows' fat and lard, and that incredible disregard of the soldiers' religious prejudices were displayed in the manufacture of these cartridges. When the sepoys complained that to bite them would destroy their caste, they were solemnly assured by their officers that they had been greased with a perfectly unobjectionable mixture. These officers, understanding, as all who have come in contact with Natives are supposed to understand, their intense abhorrence of touching the flesh or fat of the sacred cow or the unclean pig did not believe it possible that the authorities could have been so regardless of the sepoys' feelings as to have allowed it to be used in preparing their ammunition: they, therefore, made this statement in perfect good faith. But nothingreeDQEWFWW was easier than for the men belonging to the regiments quartered near Calcutta to ascertain, from the low-caste Native workmen employed in manufacturing the cartridges at the Fort William arsenal, that the assurances of their officers were not by facts, and they were thus prepared to credit the fables which the sedition-mongers so sedulously spread abroad, to the effect that the Government they served and the officers who commanded them had entered into a deliberate conspiracy to undermine their religion.

— Roberts, C h. XXX

--Ayacop (talk) 06:46, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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Which regligious practacies were outlawd by the EIC?ersge5y [[[User:Slatersteven|Slatersteven]] (talk) 18:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)]] erge=Claims that India funded the Industrial td==

This would not be backed by Economists, there are numerous economics papers which support the notion that the colonies were a drain on the British Crown (but a profit for individuals). Not enough time to provide such papers, but either way this topic needs to be thoroughly sourced. User:Tiresais--92.30.62.107 (talk) 09:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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