HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
Question
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Name the Mughal emperor occupying the throne of Delhi when the revolt of 1857 took place
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Shah Alam II
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Jahandar Shah
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Humayun
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Bahādur Shāh II, also called Bahādur Shāh Ẓafar, (born October 24, 1775, Delhi, India-died November 7, 1862, Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar), the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).
Detailed explanation-2: -Bahadur Shah I Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -Bahadur Shah Zafar the last of the Mughals assumed leadership of the rebels in the Revolt of 1857 against the British. He was defeated and exiled to Rangoon where he died. The Mughal empire came to an inglorious end.
Detailed explanation-4: -Following his involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British exiled him to Rangoon in the British-controlled Burma in 1858, after convicting him on several charges.
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