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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 fear.” In this conflict, James Neill (10[1])forced many prisoners to lick blood-stained buildings before being hanged or “blown from a gun.” One official received (10[1])the derogatory nickname “Clemency Canning” (10[1])during this conflict. Many nobles joined this conflict (10[2])after having their lands expropriated (10[1])by the Doctrine of Lapse, such as the widow Rani (10[1])of Jhansi. (10[1])Bahadur Shah Zafar (-5[1])was convicted of treason and exiled to Burma after this conflict. (10[1])This rebellion began after rumors that new Enfield (10[1])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■ (10[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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