Bahadur Shah Zafar, he was sentenced to be deported on account of his involvement in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
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Bahadur Shah II, better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar, was crowned the emperor of Delhi on 28 September 1837.
His reign largely was centred on Delhi as the once-mighty Mughal Empire had weakened and disintegrated.
The Sepoy Mutiny broke out in 1857 and the sepoys rallied around the emperor. He was practically powerless, but the mutineers were fighting in the name of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Emperor of India.
He was just a figurehead and could do nothing in the face of the sepoys’ determination and powers.
Of course, he did give public consent to the revolt. He did not have much choice.
When it became clear that the East India Company was gaining an upper hand in Delhi, he fled from his palace and hid in Humayun’s Tomb along with some of his family members.
But Major William Hodson arrested him on 20 September 1857.
After his arrest, his two sons and a grandson were shot and killed in public by Hodson.
Bahadur Shah’s trial took place at the Red Fort. It was the first trial to happen there.
Whether the Company had the authority to try the emperor is a big question. The company’s legal powers in India stemmed from the Mughal court when it was granted the Diwani of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey which took place a hundred years before the mutiny.