HistoryModern India: Rebels and the Raj

By which decade, besides low pay and the difficulty of getting leave,…

By which decade, besides low pay and the difficulty of getting leave, did the sepoys from Awadh have other reasons for discontent?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → 1850s

Sepoys had complained for decades of low pay and trouble in getting leave. By the 1850s they had other reasons for discontent as well.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.3 Firangi raj and the end of a world …
The grievances of the peasants were carried over into the sepoy lines since a vast majority of the sepoys were recruited from the villages of Awadh. For decades the sepoys had complained of low levels of pay and the difficulty of getting leave. By the 1850s there were other reasons for their discontent.”

“The relationship of the sepoys with their superior white officers underwent a significant change in the years preceding the uprising of 1857. In the 1820s, white officers made it a point to maintain friendly relations with the sepoys. …”