Isn't this what William Dalrymple refers to in 'The Last Mughal'? Splendid work!

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From British Library website ( bl.uk )

The pomp and gaiety of this grand procession of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as seen in these pictures is limited to the paper it is drawn on. In reality, the Emperor (fourth frame) was a virtual prisoner who had no power beyond the Red Fort and the country was run entirely by representatives (fifth frame, black hats) of the 'Honorable' East India Company.The Emperor received a fixed pension from the 'Company Bahadur' that was apparently not sufficient to support the ever-growing household. The Emperor sent Raja Ram Mohan Rai, the famous Hindu reformer, to plead his case before the Queen of England. Unfortunately, the Raja died soon afterwards during his stay in England. In desperation, the Red Fort became the centre of intrigue, rumors, and debauchery. It all ended with the 1857 uprising. As the Emperor, he used to receive several lakhs of Rupees as pension; as a prisoner, his entire household was allotted one Rupee per day on his way to Rangoon.

I do not know the reason why Bahadur Shah's body was not brought back to India. It could be political, but perhaps also because Muslims do not like exhumation after burial. If that was the case, one should recall that Queen Mumtaz Mahal died in Burhanpur, was buried in a temporary grave there, and later brought to Agra and finally buried in Taj Mahal.The other problem could be that when Bahadur Shah died, the British prison guards did not allow his grave to be marked - so one can't be sure. That was the final indignity! His best poetry came in exile when he was over 85-years old: "do guz zameen bhi na mili kooey-e yaar mein"

just reflecting...wheres the point in bringing a body back to india..its better it rests where it breathed its almost almost 150 yrs ago.......

Sonia, you are right but ......... the exiled King of Delhi should have special privileges because of his last wish: "kitna hai bad-naseeb Zafar, dufn ke liyay do gaz zameen bhi na mili kooe-y yaar mein".

One is amazed at the very low key and unimaginative marking (I would hate to call it either commemoration or celebration) of 150 years of the Great Uprising of 1857. A fitting event would have been to bring back Zafar's remains to India - whatever be his status at that time and regardless of how ill-prepared he was to be even a figurehead, he did represent a secular rallying point for the Uprising.

I fully agree with Mr Sudhir Arora. Bahadur Shah Zafar was the acknowledged (though powerless) Emperor at the time. It is not known commonly that Rajas like Maharani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and Nawabs like Begum Hazrat Mahal of Oudh fought acknowledging his overall sovereignty. Since this was an spontaneous uprising against the excesses of the East India Company, it lacked planning. Also transmitting messages was extremely dangerous because of treacherous informers. It was done usually in the garb of Sadhus or Fakirs carrying small pieces of paper concealed in their hardware or as pieces of 'chapatis' from village to village. In contrast the British had already introduced the telegraph, some Railways, and excellent military organization.

Asad : Parag Tope's brilliant book on Tatya Tope and Operation Red Lotus explains this period in great detail : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tatya-Tope/345390095462?ref=ts

This period is also covered most comprhensively (and without Brit bias) in the excellent Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan series edited by RC Majumdar - the volumes covering The Mughal Empire upto British Paramountcy and the Indian Renaissance. Unfortunatley, we tend to go for Brit sources and end up with complete distortions (like The Black Hole of Calcutta) or the demonisation of Tantya Tope.