Thursdays homework

Sepoys were Indian soldiers in the company's army. The officers of this army were British. The British called India the "jewel in the crown" because India was a major supplier of raw materials and India's population was around 300 million, so it had a huge marketing potential for British goods. The Sepoy Mutiny was the rebellion of sepoys. This rebellion was caused by the British greasing the cartridges with beef and pork fat. This was an insult to the Indians considering most of them are Hindu or Muslim. The Raj was the time between 1757 and 1947 when India was ruled and controlled by the British.