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For more than a century the last Mughal emperor was almost forgotten - but a chance finding of his grave helped resurrect the legacy of a man revered as a Sufi saint and one of the finest poets...
After the Indian rebellion which he nominally led from 1857–58, the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was deposed by the British, who then assumed formal control of a large part of the former empire, [11] marking the start of the British Raj.
Nov 8, 2017 · For more than a century the last Mughal emperor was almost forgotten - but a chance finding of his grave helped resurrect the legacy of a man revered as a Sufi saint and one of the finest poets...
The reigning Emperor from 1837 was Bahadur Shah II, a poet better known by his pen-name Zafar. He was to be the last Mughal Emperor in India, whom Queen Victoria would succeed as the Empress of India. Zafar's favourite wife, Zinat Mahal, c.1839. Courtesy of the National Army Museum, London.
r. 1910–1936. King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India. | boxstyle_GRI=border-width:2px; border-color:#CC0000. | MT= Queen Mary. Duchess of Teck. 1867–1953. Victoria ("Mary") Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes. Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India.
Union and succession. Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702.
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