“In international relations there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” – Lord Palmerston
India was ruled by the East India Company up until 1857. The India Mutiny was suppressed in 1857, but the British government had become impatient with “John Company’s” mismanagement and corruption.
The rebellion broke out when it was said that grease on the sepoy’s cartridges was a mix of pork fat, anathema to Muslims, and beef fat, anathema to H…
