Question

In the 1857 sepoy mutiny, the sepoys had objected to cartridges made by which company?
1. Atkins
2. Enfield
3.  Remington
4.  Winchester

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Enfield

The correct answer is Enfield.

• In the 1857 sepoy mutiny, the sepoys had objected to cartridges made by Enfield Rifle company.
• The revolt of 1857 was the conscious beginning of the Independence struggle against the colonial tyranny of the British.
• The revolt began on May 10, 1857, at Meerut as a sepoy mutiny. It was initiated by sepoys in the Bengal Presidency against the British officers.

• Reasons for the Revolt of 1857 are:
  • The immediate factor was the introduction of the Enfield rifle.
  • The cartridge had to be bitten off before loading it into the gun.
  • Indian sepoys believed that the cartridge was greased with either pig fat or made from cow fat.
  • This was against the Hindu and Muslim sentiments. Thus they were reluctant to use the Enfield rifle. This was a flashpoint to enrage the soldiers against the British. 

• List of Important Leaders associated with the revolt of 1857:

Place	Revolt of 1857 -Important Leaders
Delhi	Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan
Lucknow	Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah
Kanpur	Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib, Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan
Jhansi	Rani Laxmibai
Bihar	Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh
Rajasthan	Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh
Farrukhabad	Tufzal Hasan Khan
Assam	Kandapareshwar Singh, Maniram Dutta Baruah
Orissa	Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi

Company Name	Details
Atkins	Atkins is a British multinational engineering, design, planning, architectural design, project management, and consulting services company. It is a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin and is headquartered in London. The company was founded as WS Atkins & Partners by Sir William Atkins in 1938
Remington	Remington Arms Company, LLC was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, now defunct. Founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, it was one of the oldest gun makers in the US and claimed to be the oldest factory in the US that still made its original product.
Winchester	The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American maker of repeating firearms, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded by Oliver Winchester in 1866, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.