The British army recruited local Indians in their force. They used cartridges which were greased with fat from tabooed animals and had to be bitten before use.

	Nawab Siraj-ud Daulah of Bengal

In 1857 AD, these Indian soldiers began a mutiny against the British, which started from the British Army in Bengal, but spread swiftly across the Sub-continent. This War of Independence was not successful because the Muslims and the Hindus were unable to work together.

	British Fort - St. George

After the War of Independence, the British government assumed sovereignty over the lands of the British East India Company. The British control over the Sub-continent grew in the next 50 years, and culminated in the British Raj.

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