Causes of the failure of the War of Independence: The Britishers were frightened of the collective and organized revolt of Indians. In the beginning, revolutionaries defeated the Britishers at many places. But finally British curbed the First War of India’s Independence.
There were many reasons behind it:
1. Due to lack of definite planning revolutionaries could not come in contact with each other.
2. Indian soldiers suffered from insufficient resources, had old traditional weapons.
3. Lack of centralised leadership, organisation and techniques of war. The British had superior weapons and techniques, fine leadership and immense resources.
4. Support to British by the Princely States. Lord Canning’s cunning policy made Princely States supporter of the British. .
5. Unsympathetic attitude and even hostility of many rulers. Scindia, Holkar, Nizam and other rulers did not join the revolt. Gorkhas, Sikhs and Rajputs remained loyal to the British. Moneylenders, merchants, zamindars gave full support to the British.
6. Selfishness sapped the power of the Indian soldiers.
7. Lack of public awareness.
8. Due to lack of common action of plan and unity, the revolt started much before the fixed date— 31 May 1857. Therefore, whole plan was disorganised.
9. Strong Naval power of the British.
10.Weak military organisation of revolutionaries.
11.Lack of able leadership.
