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