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History GK · Q745

Modern Indian History

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 745

Q745

Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?

A.
Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
B.
Tantia Tope
C.
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer
D.
Faqir-ud-din

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British exiled him from Delhi. Bahadur Shah Zafar was a noted Urdu poet, having written a number of Urdu ghazals. While some part of his opus was lost or destroyed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a large collection did survive, and was compiled into the Kulliyyat-i-Zafar.