<div>On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, &amp;#39;No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.&amp;#39; This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj&amp;#39;s Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.</div>