>this triggers the indian
Were they actually that anally roasted or was there something more to the mutiny?
>>983075
>was there more to the mutiny
Probably. Taxation, westernization, and land acquisition by British entities probably had more to do with it.
>>983075
>anally roasted
Man, for a moment I thought the Brits shoved cartridges up their asses and lit them.
They anally roasted the Mau-Mau rebels more literally, with boiling-hot eggs and stones.
>>983075
The Sepahis stopped getting paid for their bonus abroad, their wages didn't ride with inflation, and the cartridges even though the casings were made of vegetable and not meat.
>>983617
>Man, for a moment I thought the Brits shoved cartridges up their asses and lit them.
Oh thank god, I'm not alone.
>>983075
Muzzies were angry that it was coated in pig fat, Hindus were angry it was coated in cow fat. Basically everyone was angry that it was coated in fat
>>983090
Also the blatant disregard of Indians as equals or at least human beings, which became very apparent in WW2.
Pooinloo and designated shitting streets and shitting where they drink notwithstanding.
>>986751
Back then they had lower castes to clean up the pooand it was forbidden to poo anywhere near a river.
But then their population exploded and they don't have the strict laws like they used and no more lower castes to clean up the poo
>>983075
There was an assload of reasons but the cartridge lead one junkie(Mangal Pandey used Bhang) to rebel and this set off a chain reaction
>>986515
The issue was that the end was dipped in animal fat not that it was made of animal.
>>983075
Not enough TP
One of the main problems was self-absorbed christfags sticking their nose into brown business and trying to convert people
>>989554
Christfags weren't so bad. It would've happened anyway without them. With the christfags, at least the entire situation had a tinge of goodness to it with efforts assisting the assimilation of the two cultures through shared mythology, education, medical care, and so on.
>>983075
Wasn't the idea that they were coated in fat just a rumours (that conveniently incorporated both of the main religions proscriptions) rather than actual fact?
>>989780
Some were greased with pig and cow tallow because that's what you did for bullet powder cartridges and lee enfield rifles, but this was unintentional (perhaps ignorant of the local customs instead) and the local British authorities were entirely willing to fix it, providing new cartridges the locals would grease themselves with their own mixtures, having British troops use the remaining cartridges.
>But the power of rumour was greater than any sensible compromise; in late February 1857, Indian troops at various locations in Bengal refused to take the new cartridges; this escalated into open mutiny when the British decided to disarm some Indian troops. Interestingly, the mutineers did not seem to worry about using the suspect cartridges once the killing began.
So basically, it was gonna happen anyway, this was a boston massacre/tea party/shot heard around the world
>>983075
>Believing what the Anglo says
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine_of_lapse
