Ka cika wannan jumlar: Har zuwa shekara ta 1858, yawancin ƙasar Indiya har ila daular Mughal ce take sarauta. Fushi a tsakanin wasu kungiyoyin zamantakewa, duk da haka, yana tafasa a karkashin gwamnan janar na James Dalhousie (1847<unk>1856), wanda ya haɗu da Punjab (1849) bayan nasara a cikin
Yaƙin Sikh na biyu, ya haɗu da jihohi bakwai masu amfani da ka'idar ɓata, ya haɗu da mahimmancin jihar Oudh bisa la'akari da rashin shugabanci, kuma ya damu da al'adun al'adu ta hanyar hana ayyukan Hindu kamar sati.