Last Mughal

Essays

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

The second and concluding part of our series on life inside Bahadur Shah Zafar's Red Fort shows how he and his royalty indulged in extravagant spending and led a reckless life.

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Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor

Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor

The story of how Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal, intrigued with the British to sabotage the First War of Indian Independence in 1857

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