The book also covers the first-hand accounts of numerous British families and Delhi’s general public. He continues by outlining how the East India Company’s initial setbacks brought it to its senses before it regained control of the capital, crushed the rebel army, and nearly wiped out the Mughal dynasty. The events that led to Zafar becoming the reluctant but ultimately symbolic leader of the uprising are then described by Dalrymple. Additionally, the author emphasizes the power dynamics in his own family. The history of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his interactions with the East India Company are covered at the novel’s outset. The final Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, is the main character in this memory. The combat that occurred in Delhi is the primary subject of the book’s extensive discussion of the Sepoy Mutiny. The Last Mughal is a historical description of the circumstances leading up to the insurgency of 1857, the time it lasted, and the effects it had on Delhi’s population afterward (the current Old Delhi).
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