SSC Selection Post 2020 PYQ — Question 48

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level 2020 - 9 Nov 2020 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q48

Where did the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, die?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Rangoon.

The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, died in Rangoon (present-day Yangon) in Myanmar on November 7, 1862. After the failure of the Revolt of 1857, in which he was declared the symbolic leader, the British captured and exiled him to Rangoon. He spent his final years there as a prisoner under British supervision. His death marked the official end of the Mughal Empire, and he was buried in an unmarked grave, later identified and honoured as a historical site.