Why did rebels declare Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was very old and powerless their leader
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The fact behind Bahadur Shah Zafar being declared their leader by the rebels is that no rebels were ready to become the leader. Some of the rebels were openly hostile and helped the British to suppress the revolt.
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Bahadur Shah Zafar was a mughal ruler and the mughal empire had history of successes in the previous wars. While other rebels were just fighting for their own place and they were self centered, bahadur shah zafar had lost his whole empire so he would fight to overthrow the british rule. And the citizens considered mughal rule better than british rule. They thought he would make a really good leader
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