How Successful was the Freedom Struggle of 1857

Rationale/Causes

Economic Causes

• Heavy Taxation under New Revenue Settlement;
• Summary evictions for non-payment of debts;
• Discriminatory tariff policy against Indian products;
• Destruction of traditional handicrafts industry;
• Free trade for imports but not for exports;
• Forfeiture of Zamindari;
• Land Absence of concomitant industrialisation on modern lines that hit peasants, artisans and small zamindars.

Political Causes

• Colonial policies led to Collapse of earlier aristocracy;
• Affecting those who derived sustenance through religious and cultural pursuits;
• Greedy Policy of Aggrandisement, broken pledges and promises leading to contempt for the company.
• Policies like subsidiary alliance, effective control and doctrine of lapse, denial of right ....