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Some British people were not
sensitive to Indian religious practices.
The British citizens often lived in
wealthy towns, while the Indians were
living in slums. Indians were unhappy
Holy Cow
under British rule.
Eating cows is against the
In 1857, a rumor spread among Indian law in several states in
soldiers serving in the British army. The India today because it is
rumor said that their bullets had been against Hindu beliefs.
greased with animal fat. Some people A Different Kind
heard it was pig fat. Others heard it of Burger
was the fat of cows. People in the Islam
In 1996, McDonald’s
religion find pigs unclean. And, cows opened its first beefless
are considered holy to Hindus. So, both restaurant in New Delhi. It
offered a “mutton burger,”
Muslims and Hindus thought that this was
which is made from sheep.
an insult. Indian soldiers began to fight the This was meant to appeal
British. When the fighting was over, the to Muslims who will not
East India Company ended. eat pork and to Hindus
who will not eat beef.
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