Bahadur Shah Zafar  was the last Mughal King of India. Prior to defeating him in battle and  imprisoning him in  Yangoon,  Myanmar, the British East India Company reduced  Bahadur Shah Zafar and his family to a state of dependence.   He was also one of the greatest Urdu poets of India, he wrote some of the finest   Urdu   poetry and was a patron of many famous   Urdu  poets.  His Urdu poetry is still very popular.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born in Delhi on October 24 1775. His father was Akbar Shah II and his mother was a Rajput lady  Lal  Bai.  Bahadur Shah Zafar died in exile in the captivity of the British.  He died at Yangoon, Myanmar at the age of 87 on November 7 1862.  He was buried there and now there is a shrine in Yangoon,  the name of the shrine is Bahadu