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	It derives from the act of biting open a [[paper cartridge]] containing [[gunpowder]] and musket ball in order to load contemporary [[rifle]]s, especially the new [[Pattern 1853 Enfield]] [[rifled musket]]. The phrase is thought by some to have later spawned the more familiar idiom "[[bite the bullet]]".		It derives from the act of biting open a [[paper cartridge]] containing [[gunpowder]] and musket ball in order to load contemporary [[rifle]]s, especially the new [[Pattern 1853 Enfield]] [[rifled musket]]. The phrase is thought by some to have later spawned the more familiar idiom "[[bite the bullet]]".

	One of the alleged causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] were rumours that the grease on these cartridges designed to keep them dry was, variously, pork or ~~beef~~ fat (pork being abhorrent to the [[Islam\|Muslims]], cows being sacred to the [[Hinduism\|Hindus]]), thus their refusal to bite them.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/asbab/bijnor/app05_letter1869.html 1869 letter] by Sir [[Syed Ahmad Khan]] on the origins of the Mutiny of 1857</ref>		One of the alleged causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] were rumours that the grease on these cartridges designed to keep them dry was, variously, pork or cow fat (pork being abhorrent to the [[Islam\|Muslims]], cows being sacred to the [[Hinduism\|Hindus]]), thus their refusal to bite them.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/asbab/bijnor/app05_letter1869.html 1869 letter] by Sir [[Syed Ahmad Khan]] on the origins of the Mutiny of 1857</ref>

	This refusal was also one of the immediate causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].		This refusal was also one of the immediate causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

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Refusing to "'''bite the cartridge'''" was a turn of phrase used by the British in India of native Indian soldiers ([[sepoy]]s) who had mutinied in 1857.

It derives from the act of biting open a [[paper cartridge]] containing [[gunpowder]] and musket ball in order to load contemporary [[rifle]]s, especially the new [[Pattern 1853 Enfield]] [[rifled musket]]. The phrase is thought by some to have later spawned the more familiar idiom "[[bite the bullet]]".

One of the alleged causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] were rumours that the grease on these cartridges designed to keep them dry was, variously, pork or beef fat (pork being abhorrent to the [[Islam|Muslims]], cows being sacred to the [[Hinduism|Hindus]]), thus their refusal to bite them.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/asbab/bijnor/app05_letter1869.html 1869 letter] by Sir [[Syed Ahmad Khan]] on the origins of the Mutiny of 1857</ref>

This refusal was also one of the immediate causes of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

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[[Category:Military of British India]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:Metaphors referring to objects]]
[[Category:Metaphors referring to war and violence]]

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