why did Indian rebels make Bahadur Shah Zafar the king of India in 1857 ?
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In 1857 ,, 85 sepoys of the 3rd Bengal light Cavalry , stationed at Merrut .
On 10 May the soliders raised the banner of revolt . They killed the British officers , seized arms & ammunition , and set fire to British properties . & declared Bahadur shah zafar as their emperor becoz he was the last emperor of mughal dynasty.
On 10 May the soliders raised the banner of revolt . They killed the British officers , seized arms & ammunition , and set fire to British properties . & declared Bahadur shah zafar as their emperor becoz he was the last emperor of mughal dynasty.
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Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last mughal emperor of india . No one was ready to lead the revolt at that time. Many rebels were worried about their own kingdoms. Also, there was no other Indian king left at that time when rebels asked him. There was no one to lead all the states rather than Bahadur Shah Zafar. Peshwa and the son of the deposed Nawab of Lucknow, Birjis Qadr acknowledged the suzerainty of Bahadur Shah Zafar. So, the rebels marched towards Delhi and declared Bahadur Shah Zafar as the Emperor of India, though he was not very popular, powerless and very old also.
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