INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hakim Ahsanullah Khan, Zafar’s most trusted confidant and both his Prime Minister and personal physician, had insisted that Zafar did not involve himself in the rebellion and had surrendered himself to the British.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sepoys proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar as their leader. Bahadur Shah declared his support to the mutiny and accepted the title as the leader of the mutiny.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bahadur was attacked by Muhammad Amin Khan at the river Satluj, escaping to the Garhwal hills. Finding him “invincible", the emperor went to Ajit Singh and Jai Singh for help.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bahadur Shah is well known as India’s last Mughal Emperor and for his role in the 1857 Indian Revolt. There was also no other Indian king left at the time the rebels approached him. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the only person who could lead all of the states.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was arrested by the British Army after it captured Delhi in September 1857. After the rebellion was put down by the British, he was tried and exiled to Burma (Myanmar) with his family.