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“The new attitude of caution and conservatism can [be] detected in almost every sphere of British activity in India after the Revolt of 1857.” Comment.

  • UPSC 1994
  • Indian Response to British Rule

The Revolt of 1857, though militarily suppressed within little over a year, left the colonial state with a lasting fear of a repeat convulsion, and this fear reshaped policy far more than any single administrative reform did.

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  • Constitutional and Administrative Caution
  • Reorganisation of the Army on Lines of Distrust
  • Caution Toward the Princely States
  • Religious and Social Non-Interference
  • Land Revenue and Economic Caution
  • Racial Segregation and a Hardened Official Mentality

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