Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons were arrested by the British officials from __________ in Delhi.

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (a) Humayun’s Tomb.

Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, and his sons were arrested by the British officials from Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi on 21st September 1857 during the Indian Revolt of 1857. He was later exiled to Rangoon (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), where he died in 1862.

Information Booster

• Humayun’s Tomb served as a hiding place for Bahadur Shah Zafar after the fall of Delhi to the British.
• His sons, Mirza Mughal, Mirza Khizr Sultan, and Mirza Abu Bakr, were executed by British officer Major William Hodson near the Khooni Darwaza in Delhi.
• Bahadur Shah Zafar’s rule was largely symbolic, as the British East India Company had taken control over governance.
• His famous poetic lines "Lagta nahi hai dil mera ujade dayar mein" reflect his grief and exile.

Additional Knowledge

• Safdarjung’s Tomb is the tomb of Safdarjung, a Mughal noble, but was not related to Zafar’s arrest.
• Jama Masjid was an important site during the 1857 revolt but not the place of his arrest.
• Red Fort was Bahadur Shah Zafar’s palace but was captured by the British before his arrest.