aurangzeb was declared as the emperor after the revolt of 1857.
aurangzeb was declared as the emperor after the revolt of 1857.
who was declared as the emperor after the revolt of 1857?
aurangzeb
during the british rule, the indian rebellion of 1857, which was eventually put down in 1858, led to the last mughal emperor bahadur shah zafar ii was taken prisoner at humayun tomb. this fort was then the scene of a lot of war activity. during the rebellion, emperor bahadur shah ii‘s "complicity with the mutinous soldiers was obvious", as seen from the british viewpoint. he operated from this fort. during august and early september 1857 he held meetings at the fort on war strategy. he also watched, from the ramparts of the fort, artillery fire aimed at the british indian army. he even played a psychological game with his army officers who had come in a delegation seeking salary, when he told them that he would forego some of his crown jewels for the purpose and that he would give up his life for the cause; the officers refused his offer trusting that the emperor was stating all this in right earnest. following this, even proclamations were issued declaring that the emperor would lead the attack against the british and urging all his people, irrespective of caste or creed, to join him in fighting the war. but, in the middle of september 1857, british soldiers were closing in on the fort. at this stage, his trusted assistant bhakt khan urged the emperor to leave the fort and accompany him to a safer place and look for a day when he could "renew war in the open country". but the emperor refused, permitted his army to vacate the fort but he himself moved to the humayun tomb. the fourth infantry of the british army entered the salimgarh fort where they encountered a single entry only. similar experience was encountered by the punjab fourth infantry regiment when, earlier, they had entered the palace from the lahore gate of the red fort.
salimgarh fort
on the revolt of 1857: one of yadav's earliest contributions pertained to the 1857 mutiny and struggle by the indian princely states as well as indian "sepoys" against the rule of the east india company. punjab was traditionally considered to have a pacifist role in the struggle. yadav presented an argument that stated otherwise. citing evidence from the mutiny records relating to ambala, yadav argued that the revolt first broke out in ambala, and not meerut. in a letter r. c. majumdar wrote to k. c. yadav, he said, '...the most important article is on the mutiny at ambala. that there was an open revolt of the sepoys there on the morning of 10 may, before the outbreak at meerut, is, i must confess, a news to me and probably to many others. i congratulate you...' yadav has further written on the role of himachal pradesh and haryana. in 2008, yadav was a speaker at the national conference on the 1857 revolt organized by the kurukshetra university and ichr. he has also placed emphasis on the role of rao tula ram.
k. c. yadav