Question

Why did the British treat the Muslims harshly immediately after the uprising of 1857?

Answer 1

Hint: The citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown Dependencies are known as Britons. Modern British citizenship and nationality are governed by British nationality legislation, which can be gained through descent from British nationals, for example. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" might refer to the Ancient Britons, who were the original residents of Great Britain and Brittany, and whose descendants are today's Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons.

Complete answer:
The British treat Muslims badly after the 1857 rebellion because they accuse them of being involved in the Revolt of 1857, which was organised as an all-India organisation to form a broad-based liberation campaign. In the war for independence, they merged into a major force. As a result, in order to defeat Congress, the British tried to satisfy Muslims. To maintain their dominance in India, they adopted the Divide and Rule strategy.

The British administration purposefully discriminated against Muslims, accusing them of being behind the 1857 revolt. They were also involved in the Wahhabi Movement. Following these occurrences, the British began to view Muslims with distrust, resulting in indiscriminate abuse of Muslims.

The 1857 War of Independence, also known as the Mutiny in Front of the Raj (British), changed people's minds about how the Raj should rule India. However, it is absurd to claim that the British treated Muslims worse than Hindus; in fact, the Raj (British) used the ancient ‘divide and rule' method, classifying ethnicities in India as Martial Races, Rebel Tribes, and so on, and governing with a simple ‘divide and rule' policy.

The following are some of the elements of this technique:
- Causing or encouraging divisions among the people in order to prevent alliances that would pose a threat to the sovereign.
- Assisting and encouraging those willing to work with the sovereign.
- Cultivating a climate of distrust and animosity among local rulers.
- Supporting pointless spending that reduces political and military spending capability.

Muslims were pitted against Hindus, and Muslims, particularly Sikhs, we’re encouraged to become more westernised than Hindus.

Note: The East India Company (the British) took advantage of the tensions between Hindus and Muslims and, through treachery and the Divide and Rule policy, weakened the Indian states and, with the help of traitors, took control of the Muslim states one by one. They took strong measures after the War of Independence (in a very simple phrase, they killed thousands of Muslims cruelly, without reason) because they recognised they had taken power from the Muslims. They feared that when the opportunity arose, Muslims would rise up in revolt against their colonial, imperial control. The 1857 War of Independence will be remembered as a stain on the name of justice.