Read the following paragraph and snwer the question given below.

Rumours and prophecies played a part in moving people to action. The Sepoys who had arrived in Delhi from Meerut had told Bahadur Shah about the bullets coated with the fat of cow and pigs and that biting those bullets would corrupt their caste and religion. They were referring to the cartridges of the Enfield Rifles that had just been given to them. The British tried to explain to the Sepoys that this was not the case but the rumour of greased cartridge spread like wild fire across the Sepoy lines of North India.

Why did the Sepoys march to Delhi from Meerut?

Delhi was the seat and symbol of Mughal authority

The correct answer is Option 2 - Delhi was the seat and symbol of Mughal authority

The sepoys wanted the Mughal Emperor to give his blessings to the sepoy mutiny and thus the revolt acquired a kind of legitimacy because it could now becarried on in the name of the Mughal emperor.