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Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah II, also known by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar, was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor and an Urdu poet. He was a titular emperor with his authority limited to the Walled City of Delhi, but was declared the Emperor of India by the forces opposing East India Company forces in parts of the Indian subcontinent during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Zafar was exiled to Rangoon in…
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politics · Mughal emperor from 1837 to 1857 · poet · monarch · writer · also Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar, Bahadur Shah II, H.M. Bahadur Shah II Timurid, 20th Mughal Emperor of India, Zafar
Born 24 October 1775 · Died 7 November 1862 · Q127369
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1975· 1 entry
Indian government released a postal stamp in his honour
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1943· 1 entry
The Indian National Army paid tribute to his tomb in Rangoon
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1862· 1 entry
Died 1862-11-07.
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1837· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mughal emperor (1837–1857).
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1828· 1 entry
A decade before he succeeded the throne, Major Archer said that "Zafar is a man of spare figure and stature, plainly apparelled, almost approaching to meanness
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1775· 1 entry
Born 1775-10-24.
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