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General Service Enlistment Act of 1856

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    In India: Nature and causes of the rebellion

    In addition, the General Service Enlistment Act of 1856 required recruits to serve overseas if ordered, a challenge to the castes who composed so much of the Bengal army. To these points may be added the fact that the British garrison in Bengal had been reduced at this…

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