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Siege of Delhi

حصار دلهي (١٨٥٧)

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Delhi

In the 1857 rising the rebels held Delhi and proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor; the British besieged the city for months, then stormed it — the end of Mughal rule in Delhi 1.

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Era
The Colonial Era
Region
South Asia
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1840185018601870
The Colonial Era

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Delhi

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Delhi
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Bahadur Shah Zafar

People and things also explored

Mirza Ghalib· Zeenat Mahal· Bahadur Shah Zafar· Delhi· Coronation of Aurangzeb at Delhi· Founding of Shahjahanabad· Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH· Ibn Battuta named envoy to China

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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Mirza Ghalib

The pre-eminent Urdu and Persian poet of the late Mughal age (1797–1869). Born in Agra, he settled in Delhi as a boy and lived most of his life in straitened circumstances, contesting his family pension. He wrote divans in both Urdu and Persian, served Bahadur Shah Zafar as court poet and poetry tutor, and his ghazals are regarded as the summit of Urdu poetry.