The Great Mutiny was touched off by the rumor that the British intended to:
A) Kill leading Muslim officials and convert key Muslim communities to Christianity.
B) Restore the hated and deposed Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to his throne.
C) Introduce opium into India, after it had proven so successful in China.
D) Introduce a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat.
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