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BAHADUR SHAH II ., the last of the See also:Mogul emperors of Hindustan, 1837-1857. He was a titular See also:emperor only, since from the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the defeat of Shah Alam at See also:Buxar in 1764 all real See also:power had resided with the See also:East See also:India See also:Company ; but all proclamations were still worded under " The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Realm and the Company's See also:rule." His See also:sole importance is due to the use made of his name during the See also:Mutiny of 1857. Always feeble in See also:character, he was at that time old, and, from the first, was wholly at the See also:mercy of the mutinous soldiery in See also:Delhi, who were controlled by a See also:council called the Barah Topi, or Twelve Heads. His papers, seized after the fall of Delhi, are full of senile complaint of the disrespect and discourtesy which he suffered from them. At the time of the See also:assault he fled to the See also:Tomb of See also:Humayun, 6 m. from Delhi, where he was captured by See also:Major See also:Hodson. In See also:January 1858 he was brought to trial for See also:rebellion and for complicity in the See also:murder of Europeans. The trial lasted more than two months. The substance of the king's See also:defence was that he had been a See also:mere See also:instrument in the hands of the mutineers. On the 29th of See also:March he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for See also:life. He was transported to See also:Rangoon, and died there on the 7th of See also:November 1862.
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