Historian Kim Wagner has argued that this conflict sparked recurrent colonial anxieties in what Thomas R. Metcalf described as “an enduring legacy of fear.” In this conflict, James Neill forced many prisoners to lick blood-stained buildings before being hanged or “blown from a gun.” One official received the derogatory nickname “Clemency Canning” during this conflict. Many nobles joined this conflict after having their lands expropriated by the Doctrine of Lapse, such as the widow Rani of Jhansi. Bahadur Shah Zafar was convicted of treason and exiled to Burma after this conflict. This rebellion began after rumors that new Enfield rifle cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat. For 10 points, the British Raj was created after what major soldier’s revolt against the British East India Company? ■END■
ANSWER: Sepoy Rebellion [or Sepoy Revolt or Sepoy Mutiny or the Indian Mutiny of 1857 or the Indian Rebellion of 1857; prompt on Great Rebellion or First War of Independence] (Kim Wagner’s argument is from the article “‘Treading Upon Fires’: The ‘Mutiny’-Motif and Colonial Anxieties in British India.”)
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