Question

What impact did bahadur shah zafar,s support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?

Answer 1

Zafar's father, Akbar II had been imprisoned by the English and he was not his father's preferred choice as his successor. One of Akbar Shah's queens, Mumtaz Begum, pressured him to declare her son, Mirza Jahangir, as his successor. However, The East India Company exiled Jahangir after he attacked their resident, in the Red Fort,[1]paving the way for Zafar to assume the throne.

Answer 2

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⭕When the rebellion of 1857 started, the soldiers marched to the Red Fort and persuaded Bahadur Shah to challenge the British power, the soldiers saw him as a leader but Bahadur Shah Zafar was and willing to do so.

⭕Later on, the emperor accepted by demand. He wrote letters to all chiefs and rulers of the country to come forward and organise a confederacy of Indian states to fight against the British.

⭕The small rulers who control the small and areas felt that if the Mughal empror will become ruler again, they will be able to rule their territories under Mughal authority.

⭕After the reestablishment of Bahadur Shah Zafar, Nana Sahab proclaimed himself as peshwa under the emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

⭕Birjs Quadar was proclaimed a new nawab. He also accepted the supremecy of Bahadur Shah.

⭕After the revolt, the company decided to repress the revolt. The emperor was tried in the court and sentenced to life imprisonment.