Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har zuwa 1858, duk da haka, yawancin Indiya har yanzu a hukumance mulkin Mughal ne. 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 Yaƙin Sikh na biyu
, ya haɗu da jihohi bakwai ta 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.