... and against the colonial regime in general. This revolt of the soldiers struck a sympathetic chord among many people who had their own reasons to be dissatisfied with the British rule. The revolt of 1857 consisted of both rebellion by the sepoys and the reaction from the sections of the general Indian population where peasants were an important segment. The uprising among the sepoys and the peasants was even more directly related as the sepoys were, in their origins, peasants with close ties with their kin-people in the villages. Many of the sepoys came from Awadh, a region that saw massive peasant uprisings. Awadh was annexed by Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India, in 1856. The British removed the talukdars promising a better deal to the peasants. But in reality, the condition of the peasant got worse, due to over-assessment of land revenue. While the talukdars took the surplus the peasants ...

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