Sultana Begum, claiming to be Bahadur Shah Zafar's great-granddaughter-in-law, faced disappointment as the Supreme Court dismissed her plea for the Red Fort's possession. The court deemed her ...

The mural of Bahadur Shah Zafar – who was deposed by the British after the first war of Independence in 1857 – had been commissioned by the non-profit CS Disha Foundation in 2016.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India, ruling from 1837 until the British deposed him in 1857. Born in 1775, he was a poet, scholar, and a symbol of the Mughal dynasty's decline ...

The crown of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, holds significant historical value. The crown, along with two ornate throne chairs, was acquired by Major Robert Tytler following the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of Sultana Begum, claiming to be the widow of late Mirza Mohammed Bedar Bakht, the great-grandson of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, seeking ...

The Supreme Court rejected the plea of the descendant of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar seeking possession of his house. Sultana Begum, great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor ...

The fall of the Mughal Empire came in 1857 after the British forces successfully defeated Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, who had been a symbolic leader during the uprising. Zafar, who had nominal ...

Sultana’s great-grandfather-in-law Bahadur Shah Zafar ascended to the throne in 1837. It was the time when the once-mighty Mughal Empire was staring into deepest decline and ultimate end.

However, Bahadur Shah Zafar's diplomacy failed to cut ice with the British as he was arrested on September 23, 1857, after the troops of the East India Company defeated the Indian sepoys in battle.