Another cause of this event involved controversy over the new design of the Enfield Rifle, which required soldiers to bite open cartridges greased with (*) lard or tallow, violating religious prohibitions on meat-eating.
One cause of this event was the signing of the General Service Enlistment Act, which raised fears that sons would not be able to follow their fathers into an army with a tradition of family service. Another cause of this event involved controversy over the new design of the Enfield Rifle, which required soldiers to bite open cartridges greased with (*) lard or tallow, violating religious prohibitions on meat-eating. Beginning in Meerut and spreading as far as Calcutta, for ten points, name this 19th century rebellion of the namesake soldiers against the British in northern India, sometimes called India's First War of Independence.
One cause of this event was the signing of the General Service Enlistment Act, which raised fears that sons would not be able to follow their fathers into an army with a tradition of family service.
{Indian Rebellion of 1857} (accept {Sepoy Mutiny}, {Sepoy Rebellion}, {Great Rebellion}, {Indian Mutiny}, {Uprising of 1857}, {Revolt of 1857}; accept {India’s First War of Independence} before mention)