Bahadur Shah II

Bahadur Shah II,Bahadur Shah II (), better known as Bahadur Shah Zafar, born Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar () commonly known as Bahadur Shah Zafar (24 October 1775  7 November 1862) (reigned 1837-1858), was the last emperor of the Mughal Empire.British Library,  "William Dalrymple on Bahadur Shah II of India," May 2007; retrieved 2012-9-22. Bahadur Shah died on the 7th of November in 1862 in Rangoon (now Yangon, Myanmar).

Early life
Bahadur Shah was the son of Akbar Shah II. He fought the revolt of 1857 (first independence war) with many freedom fighters or leaders such as Rani Lakshmi bai, Tatya Tope and Mangal Pandey, etc against the East India Company and British army.

Reign
Bahadur Shah became the Mughal Emperor after his father's death on 28 September 1837, he fought with a small army and ultimately lost the revolt. The Red fort was captured and Bahadur Shah was forced to flee to Humayun's tomb. On 20th of September, he was found and captured after the Independence War of 1857, the British Administration exiled him from Delhi. He was sent to a prison in Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma and died there. 

Poet
Bahadur Shah Zafar was known as an Urdu poet, who used the pen-name Zafar. His work was compiled as the  Kuliyaat-e-Zafar (Urdu: Collected Works of Zafar Notes and references) 
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