how did the last Mughal Empire live live the last year of this life?
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The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar was tried in court and sentenced to life imprisonment after the Revolt of 1857 . His sons were shot dead before his eyes. It was truely painfull for him. He was imprisoned and exiled to Burma ( Myanmar) other territory under British control. He died in custody on 7 November aged 87 - but his poetry lived on.
The last Mughal emperor was Bahadur Shah Zafar. His title as the Mughal emperor was a symbolic one. After the death of Aurangzeb, the Mughal rulers had lost their power and held only a symbolic stature. Zafar was also the symbolic head of the 1857 revolt. However, once the revolt was crushed, Bahadur Shah Zafar was tried in court. He was blinded by the British and was imprisoned. Later in 1858, he along with his wife was sent to Rangoon, where he died in 1862.