HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
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Tantia Tope
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Faqir-ud-din
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -War of Independence 1857 As the Indian Independence war of 1857 spread, Sepoy regiments reached the Mughal Court at Delhi. Because of Zafar’s neutral views on religions, many Indian kings and regiments accepted and declared him as the Emperor of India.
Detailed explanation-3: -There was no one to lead all the states, not Bahadur Shah Zafar. Peshwa and the son of the deposed Nawab of Lucknow, Birjis Qadr, recognised the suzerainty of Bahadur Shah Zafar. So the rebels marched towards Delhi and proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar the Emperor of India.