The educated Indian middle class during the Revolt of 1857 largely did not support the rebellion. Influenced by Western education and benefiting from the administrative system under British rule, they viewed the revolt as a feudal uprising led by traditional elites. Their stance was generally one of remaining neutral, not actively participating in the revolt, and not siding with the rebels, seeing the British rule as potentially leading to modernization. While some individuals might have opposed the revolt, the prevalent historical interpretation is that the class as a whole maintained a position of detachment or neutrality.