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- Shah Alam II:
- He was born on 15 June 1728, Delhi.
- Son of the emperor Alamgir II, he was forced to flee Delhi in 1758 by the 'Imad al-Mulk' who kept the emperor a virtual prisoner.
- He took refuge with Shuja al-Dawlah, Nawab of Oudh and after his father's assassination in 1759, he proclaimed himself emperor.
- He was blinded mercilessly by the Rohilla Chief named Ghulam Qadir in 1788.
- He spent his last years under the protection of the Maratha War(1803-05) of the British.
- During 1772-82 his minister, Najaf Khan, asserted imperial authority over the Delhi territory from the Sutlej to the Chambal river.
- And from the state of Jaipur to the Ganges River.
- Alamgir II:
- He was always the puppet of more powerful men.
- 'Aziz-ud-din', the son of Jahandar Shah, was placed on the throne by the new kingmaker.
- He adopted the same title as the great Auranzeb and called himself 'Alamgir-II'.
- The new ruler was a kind of 'prisoner on the throne' in the hand of kingmaker.
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