Biography of bahadur shah zafar

Baat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisi to na thi,

(To speak was never tough for me like this,

How it is now, your assembly was never like this)

These verses by last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar describe his state of affairs as a Mughal King and the state of the Mughal empire in the nineteenth century.

All-powerful empire, which in its zenith, covered almost the whole of the subcontinent was left with mere title and no authority.

Bahadur Shah Zafar, a poet and a king, was a mere pensioner of the East India Company with Kotwal said to have more power than the King residing in Red Fort.

Bahadur Shah II is a distinguished and intriguing figure in Indian History.

Bahadur Shah Zafar | TOI

An Emperor without power

Even though East India Company were the de facto rulers of the region, they did not declared themselves as one.

Rather they ruled and co