İngiliz Doğu Hindistan Şirketi’nin Yerli Birlikleri: Sepoy Ayaklanması

17. yüzyılın hemen başında uzun soluklu Hindistan serüvenine başlayan İngiltere menşeli Doğu Hindistan Şirketi, bu topraklarda kalıcı olmak istiyordu. Bu doğrultuda bölgeye gelen devletlerin aksine öncelikli olarak daha ılımlı ve kalıcı ticari ilişkilere yönelen şirket kısa zamanda Babürlü sarayında bir etkinlik sahası tesis etti. Sahip olduğu etkinliği ve beraberindeki kazanımlarını koruma zorunluluğu doğduğundan askeri yapılanma politikası gütmeye başladı. Özellikle ticari merkezlerin korunması konusunda hassas bir politika güden şirket, İngiliz askerlerin yanında yine İngiliz subayların emri altında olmak üzere asker ihtiyacını yerli halktan karşılamaya başladı. Başlarda var olan yüksek sadakat yerini bağımsızlık dürtülerinden beslenen ayaklanmaya bıraktı. İngiliz Doğu Hindistan Şirketi’nin yetiştirdiği askerler şimdi İngilizlere karşı duruyorlardı. Birçok sebebin sonucunda yardımcı birlikten isyancı asi ordusuna dönüşen Sepoylar işte bu noktada Hindistan tarihinde bağımsızlık hareketinin öncüleri olarak anılacaklardı. Bu çalışma, Sepoyların İngiliz Doğu Hindistan Şirketi ordusunun bünyesine nasıl dahil olduklarından bahsedecek ve sonrasında hangi nedenlerden dolayı bir ayaklanma başlattıkları üzerinde duracaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

indistan, Babürlü İmparatorluğu, İngiltere, Doğu Hindistan Şirketi, Sepoy Ayaklanması

Native Troops of British East India Company: The Sepoy Uprising

The British origin East India Company, which started its long-running adventure of India at the beginning of the 17th century, wanted to be permanent in this land. In this direction, as opposed to the states coming to the region, the company, which primarily directed to more moderate and permanent commercial relations, established an activity area in the Mughal Palace in a short time. Since it is necessary to protect its activity and its accomplishments, it has started a policy of military structuring. The company which has a sensitive policy was especially in the protection of commercial centres. In order to increase the number of soldiers benefited from the local soldiers with name Sepoy. These soldiers were under the command of British officers. Initially, the high fidelity left by the insurrection fed by the independence impulses. The soldiers of the British East India Company were now standing against the British. At this point, Sepoys, who became a rebel army as a result of many reasons, were referred to as the pioneers of the independence movement in the history of India. This study will focus on how Sepoys are involved in the army of the British East India Company, and then for what reasons they start an uprising.

Keywords:

India, Mughal Empire, England, East India Company, Sepoy Uprising.,

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