<P> In the next decades , the Afghans , Sikhs , and Marathas battled against each other and the Mughals , only to prove the fragmented state of the empire . The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II made futile attempts to reverse the Mughal decline , and ultimately had to seek the protection of outside powers . In 1784 , the Marathas under Mahadji Scindia won acknowledgement as the protectors of the emperor in Delhi , a state of affairs that continued until after the Second Anglo - Maratha War . Thereafter , the British East India Company became the protectors of the Mughal dynasty in Delhi . After a crushed rebellion which he nominally led in 1857 - 58 , the last Mughal , Bahadur Shah Zafar , was deposed by the British government , who then assumed formal control of a large part of the former empire , marking the start of the British Raj . </P>
<P> In the next decades , the Afghans , Sikhs , and Marathas battled against each other and the Mughals , only to prove the fragmented state of the empire . The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II made futile attempts to reverse the Mughal decline , and ultimately had to seek the protection of outside powers . In 1784 , the Marathas under Mahadji Scindia won acknowledgement as the protectors of the emperor in Delhi , a state of affairs that continued until after the Second Anglo - Maratha War . Thereafter , the British East India Company became the protectors of the Mughal dynasty in Delhi . After a crushed rebellion which he nominally led in 1857 - 58 , the last Mughal , Bahadur Shah Zafar , was deposed by the British government , who then assumed formal control of a large part of the former empire , marking the start of the British Raj . </P>
who was the last emperor of the mughal empire
who was the last emperor of the mughal empire
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah Zafar