Correct option is B
The Correct Answer is: (b) The exile of Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon (now Yangon)
Explanation:
The formal end of the Mughal Empire came in 1858, after the failure of the Revolt of 1857, when the last Mughal emperor,
The formal end of the Mughal Empire came in 1858, after the failure of the Revolt of 1857, when the last Mughal emperor,
Bahadur Shah Zafar, was captured by the British and exiled to Rangoon (present-day Yangon in Myanmar).
Information Booster:
• Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader of the 1857 Revolt, though he held little actual power.
• The Mughal dynasty began with Babur in 1526 and ended with Bahadur Shah Zafar.
• Government of India Act, 1858 transferred power from East India Company to the British Crown.
• The title "Emperor of India" was assumed by Queen Victoria in 1876.
• Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader of the 1857 Revolt, though he held little actual power.
• The Mughal dynasty began with Babur in 1526 and ended with Bahadur Shah Zafar.
• Government of India Act, 1858 transferred power from East India Company to the British Crown.
• The title "Emperor of India" was assumed by Queen Victoria in 1876.
Additional Information:
• The signing of the Treaty of Lahore – This was signed in 1846 after the First Anglo-Sikh War.
• The British annexation of Bengal – Happened in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey.
• The signing of the Treaty of Lahore – This was signed in 1846 after the First Anglo-Sikh War.
• The British annexation of Bengal – Happened in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey.
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