The Last Mughal (Hindi)

The Last Mughal (Hindi)
ISBN-10
9385436244
ISBN-13
9789385436246
Category
History
Pages
610
Language
English
Published
2017-01-06
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
William Dalrymple

Description

On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.

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