Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal ruler. After the failure of the Indian Revolt of 1857, to which place did the British exile him?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Burma
Option (1) Kabul — Incorrect. Kabul is where Humayun set up his court in 1545.
Option (2) Burma — Correct. The British exiled Bahadur Shah Zafar to Burma so that no Mughal claimant stayed near Delhi.
Option (3) Herat — Incorrect. Herat, now in Afghanistan, was the seat of Bihzad’s Persian school of painting.
Option (4) Qandahar — Incorrect. Qandahar was the province held by Shah Abbas that Jahangir desired.
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NCERT (2026-27): “The Mughal School of Miniature Painting …Although some masterworks were produced during the periods of Muhammad Shah Rangila, Shah Alam II and Bhadur Shah Zafar, these were mere last flickers in the candle that was the Mughal miniature style. Bahadur Shah Zafar, painting, dated 1838, was made about two decades before he was exiled to Burma by the British, who were quick to see that no claimant to Mughal authority remains anywhere near Delhi to claim their imperial authority, after the failure of the Indian Revolt of 1857. He was the last Mughal ruler, who was also a poet, scholar and connoisseur.” |