| Names |
Shah Alam II
(Bith name: Ali Gauhar) - son of Alamgir II. |
| Date of
Birth |
25 June 1728
- Old Delhi, India |
| Date of
Death |
19 November 1806
- Old Delhi, India |
|
Identity |
The fifteenth
Mughal Emperor |
|
General |
- 1757: His father, Alamgir-II,
was assassinated by Feroze
Jung III (the regent imposed by the
Maratha Confederacy) in 1757; but
Shah Alam II managed to
escape to safety with the
Nawab of Awadh.
- 24 December 1759:
Coronated as the 15th Mughal
Emperor of India.
- 1760:
The invading forces of
Abdali were driven away by the
Marathas, led by Sadashivrao Bhau,
who deposed Shah Jahan III, the
puppet Mughal emperor of Feroze Jung
III, and installed Shah Alam
II as the rightful emperor
under the Maratha suzerainty.
- October 22, 1764: The Battle of Buxar was
fought on this day
between the forces under the command
of the British East India Company
led by Hector Munro and the combined
army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of
Bengal: the Nawab of Awadh and the
Mughal King Shah Alam II. The battle
resulted into a decisive victory for
the British East India Company.
- August 12, 1765:
Shah Alam II granted Robert
Clive the "Diwani rights of Bengal,
Bihar and Odisha" in return for the
annexed territories of the Nawab of
Awadh after the Battle of Buxar, on
this day at
Benares.
- September 14, 1803: After the
Battle of Delhi
(1803), on this day
British troops entered Delhi and the
blind old Shah Alam II, came under
British protection.
|
| Developments / Events |
- He became the emperor when the
mughal empire in India was already
crumbling.
- Thereafter he tried to
strengthen his position by gaining
control over Bengal, Bihar and
Odisha.
- Shah Alam II was considered the
only and rightful emperor but he
wasn't able to return to
Delhi until 1772, under the
protection of the Maratha general
Mahadaji Shinde.
- His downfall started when he
appointed the persons with
questionable integrity as his
viziers and grand vizier, who later
physically assaulted Shah Alam II to
the extent of making him
blind.
|
|
Commemorations |
His grave lies at Mehrauli,
Delhi in a marble enclosure,
along with that of Bahadur Shah
I (also known as Shah Alam I), and Akbar
Shah II. |
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