What was the reason for the Sepoy Rebellion?
The sepoys refused to use new rifle cartridges, which were thought to be lubricated with grease containing a mixture of pigs' and cows' lard and thus religiously impure for Muslims and Hindus.
The British open fired into a village of women and children who were throwing rocks at the soldiers in protest to their occupation of India.
The sepoys would refused the food rations being provided by the British because they believed that the British had tainted their food.
The British used cruel and unusual punishment against a group of sepoys who threatened to leave the army in front of the rest of the sepoy comrades.