History A-Level
Military power and the sepoy army
What Military power and the sepoy army means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Indian sepoys and the Company's own European regiments enforced authority, but their conditions, pay and religious sensitivities made them a source of tension, culminating in the 1857 rebellion.
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- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 4 Nearly losing an empire: the British in India, 1829–58 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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