Who was the Mughal emperor, when a massive rebellion against British rule broke out in 1857?
Answer
Correct Answer : b ) Bahadur Shah Zafar
Explanation :The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major rebellion in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which acted as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
After the rebellion began in Meerut, the rebels quickly reached Delhi, whereupon the 81-year-old Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed Emperor of India.
Farrukhsiyar was the tenth emperor who ruled from 1713 to 1719.
Bahdur Shāh Zafar was the last Mughal ruler from 1837 to 1857.
Akbar II was the nineteenth ruler who ruled from 1806 to 1837.
Aurangzeb was the sixth emperor who ruled from 1658 to 1707.
Hence, (b) is the correct answer.
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