What were the social and economic …

The following are the economic, political and social causes for the revolt of 1857:

1. Economic Causes: the high revenue demand and the strict policies adopted by the colonial government for the collection of taxes adversely affected the peasants and other section of Indian society. The machine made goods from Britain ruined the local artisans and craftsmen.

2. Political Causes: the British government adopted the "Doctrine of Lapse" and the "policy of Annexation" to merge many Indian kingdoms under the colonial territory. For this many of the leaders such as Rani Lakshmi Bai and Begum Hazrat Mahal fought to save their territories from the occupation of the British.

3. Social Causes: The revolt got the support of common people as the Colonial government made attempts to change the existing social systems for instance, through various acts they abolished the prevalent system of Sati and introduced the Widow Remarriage act.