All of the following are true of the Great Indian Revolt EXCEPT
A) This was the only time the sepoys mutinied.
B) The sepoys were offended when the Awadh province was annexed by the British East India Company.
C) The sepoys believed the Lee-Enfield rifles' cartridges were smeared with pork fat or beef grease.
D) The revolt began because the sepoys were humiliated and put in leg irons for refusing to use the cartridges.
E) The revolt was confined to the Ganges River Valley.
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