Answer:
The British did not have easy time suppressing the rebellion because of following reasons: (i) Sepoys turned against the British and thus army of British was reduced, (ii) Even peasants and villagers in Awadh etc. helped the sepoys and they also participated in the revolt giving it a colour of limited mass movement. (iii) The revolt broke-out at various places such as Awadh, Kanpur, Lucknow, Arrah, Jhansi etc, (iv) The Zamindars and Kings of certain aggrieved kingdoms revolted against the British. These kings used to be savior of British in earlier peasant and tribal revolts. (v) There was a lot of Hindu-Muslim unity and British could not divide them despite many efforts.
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