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Historian Kim Wagner has argued that this conflict sparked recurrent colonial anxieties in what Thomas R. Metcalf described as “an enduring legacy of (-5[1])fear.” In this conflict, James Neill forced many prisoners to lick blood-stained buildings before being hanged or “blown from a gun.” One official (10[1])received the derogatory nickname “Clemency Canning” (10[1])during this conflict. (10[1])Many nobles joined this conflict after having their lands expropriated by the Doctrine of Lapse, (10[2])such (-5[1])as the widow Rani of (10[1])Jhansi. (10[1])Bahadur (-5[1])Shah Zafar was convicted of treason and exiled to (10[1])Burma after this conflict. This rebellion began after rumors that (10[1])new Enfield rifle (10[1])cartridges were greased with (10[2])cow (-5[1])and pig fat. For (10[1])10 points, the British Raj was created after what major soldier’s revolt (10[1])against the British East (10[1])India Company? ■END■ (0[1])

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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