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With the end of the Battle of #Delhi & capture (on 20th Sept) of the last #Mughal ruler #BahadurShahZafar the #MughalEmpire surrenders to the #EastIndiaCompany on this day in 1857

The two sons of the emperor are shot dead by Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson of the Company's Bengal Army on 21st Sept 1857 at Delhi Gate

This last Mughal Crown taken as a war trophy is now at British Museum

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