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What happened to Bahadur Shah II after the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
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Indian Independence Movement
In August 1947 British rule ended on the Indian subcontinent.
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, in which he was compelled to serve as the nominal leader, Bahadur Shah II fled to Humayun’s Tomb as British forces regained control of Delhi. He was arrested by William Hodson in September 1857, during which time two of his sons and a grandson were executed at what is now known as the Khooni Darwaza.1
Bahadur Shah II was subsequently put on trial. While he was spared the death penalty, he was convicted and exiled to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). He died there in 1862. His defeat and exile effectively ended the Mughal dynasty, leading to the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British crown and the establishment of the British raj.123