Katha.Ai on Instagram: "POV: Bahadur Shah Zafar becomes the last Mughal emperor In 1857, India erupted in revolt. What began as a mutiny of Indian soldiers (sepoys) in the British East India Company’s army quickly turned into a widespread rebellion across northern and central India. But a revolt needs a symbol — and the rebels needed a leader with legitimacy. So they turned to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the ageing, poet-king of Delhi, and the last Mughal emperor in name. He was in his 80s, with little