An empty grave awaits remains of the last Mughal emperor

May 07, 2013 13:44

In a marble enclosure adjoining the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Bakhtiar Kaki at Mehrauli, an empty grave or 'Sardgah' marks the site where Bahadur Shah Zafar had willed to be buried alongside his Mughal predecessors. Yet, the late emperor died when he was in exile in Yangon where he was transported to be lodged in a junior British officer's garage and his remains continue to be across the border in Myanmar till today. Read

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