<P> After the Battle of Delhi ( 1803 ) , during the Second Anglo - Maratha War , on 14 September 1803 British troops entered Delhi ending the Maratha rule on the Mughals , bringing Shah Alam , then a blind old man , seated under a tattered canopy , under British protection . The Mughal Emperor no longer had the military power to enforce his will , but he commanded respect as a dignified member of the House of Timur in the length and breadth of the country . The Nawabs and Subedars still sought formal sanction of the Mughal Emperor on their accession and valued the titles he bestowed upon them . They struck coins and read the khutba ( Friday sermons ) in his name . The Marathas in 1804 under Yashwantrao Holkar tried to snatch Delhi from the British in Siege of Delhi ( 1804 ) , but failed . </P>
<P> After the Battle of Delhi ( 1803 ) , during the Second Anglo - Maratha War , on 14 September 1803 British troops entered Delhi ending the Maratha rule on the Mughals , bringing Shah Alam , then a blind old man , seated under a tattered canopy , under British protection . The Mughal Emperor no longer had the military power to enforce his will , but he commanded respect as a dignified member of the House of Timur in the length and breadth of the country . The Nawabs and Subedars still sought formal sanction of the Mughal Emperor on their accession and valued the titles he bestowed upon them . They struck coins and read the khutba ( Friday sermons ) in his name . The Marathas in 1804 under Yashwantrao Holkar tried to snatch Delhi from the British in Siege of Delhi ( 1804 ) , but failed . </P>
who became the pensioner of british east india company
who became the pensioner of british east india company
Shah Alam
Shah Alam