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The immediate cause of the Revolt was the introduction of the Enfield rifles in 1856. The cartridge of this gun contained some animal fat on it. It had a greased paper which had to be bitten off before it was loaded into the rifle. It was believed that the grease was derived from beef and pig fat. The Hindu as well as the Muslim sepoys were infuriated because the use of these animal fats was against their religion. The British authorities forced the sepoys to use these cartridges and denied the use of cow or pig fat in the cartridges. This sparked off the mutiny in March 1857. The discontent arising out of multiple factors at last culminated in the most notorious bloodbath in Modern Indian history.
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