On 4/5/2011 23:31, Bob W wrote:
In the mid-19th C we did not care to tell the Sepoy regiments that we'd started greasing rifle cartidges with pork& beef fat. They had to bite these cartridges to release the gunpowder. When they found out they were most displeased, being a regiment of Hindus and Muslims, and this triggered the Indian Mutiny, or 1st War of Independence if you prefer.
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