alleryStart learning →The decision about Bahadur Shah Zafar's future after the revolt was taken by:
AGeneral Dyer
BWarren Hastings
CLord Dalhousie
DLord Canning
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Lord Canning
1. The British had to settle the old king's fate.
2. Canning decided what would happen to Bahadur Shah Zafar.
3. The king's line would not continue in Delhi.
_Source: syllabus History, 'When People Revolt: 1857 and After' (hess205)_
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