Question

Which of the following events marked the formal end of the Mughal Empire after the First War of Independence?

• A. The fall of Delhi
• B. The exile of Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon (now Yangon).
• C. The signing of the Treaty of Lahore
• D. The British annexation of Bengal

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The exile of Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon (now Yangon).

The event that marked the formal end of the Mughal Empire after the First War of Independence was the exile of Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon. After a crushing defeat in the war of 1857–1858 which he nominally led, the last Mughal, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was deposed by the British East India Company and exiled in 1858. Zafar was exiled to Rangoon, Burma. His wife Zeenat Mahal and some of the remaining members of the family accompanied him.