The Sepoy Rebellion had as its immediate cause:
A) the appointment of Queen Victoria's nephew as head of the East India Company.
B) the major defeat suffered by the British army at the battle of Mukden.
C) the East India Company's policy of refusing to ship opium out of India.
D) the assassination of the popular Indian leader Raj Mahal in Calcutta.
E) the refusal of Indian troops to use rifle cartridges greased with pork fat.
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