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Captain William Hudson was the British officer who captured Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and murdered the princes.
Within five days of the outbreak of the uprising of 1857, he was appointed Assistant Quartermaster General to recruit a small army of Sikh Irregular horse...
Within five days of the outbreak of the uprising of 1857, he was appointed Assistant Quartermaster General to recruit a small army of Sikh Irregular horse...
... for intelligence department. After the siege, Captain Hudson, along with officers like Brigadier-General John Nicholson and Colonel H. P. Burn wreaked Havoc in the Streets of Delhi. Captain Hudson was a sadistic officer who wrote to his wife: "I never let my men take...
...prisoners, but shoot them at once.'
After the fall of the city, the Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar left the Qila on 17 September and took refuge at the mansion of Mirza Illahi Baksh, his father-in-law and a British spy, in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. On 19th September, the...
After the fall of the city, the Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar left the Qila on 17 September and took refuge at the mansion of Mirza Illahi Baksh, his father-in-law and a British spy, in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. On 19th September, the...
...Emperor left for Humayun's Tomb and took refuge there. In the morning of 21 September, the Emperor surrendered to Captain Hudson and was taken back to the city.
The following morning Hudson went to capture the three princes, Mirza Mughal, Khizr Sultan and Abu Bakar. He...
The following morning Hudson went to capture the three princes, Mirza Mughal, Khizr Sultan and Abu Bakar. He...
...picked them from Humayun' Tomb. On reaching near an archway named Khooni Darwaza (the bloody gate, the entrance to Dariba Kalan, near the Sunehri Masjid), Hudson shot them dead with a Colt revolver.
He wrote to his sister the following day: "I am not cruel, but I confess I...
He wrote to his sister the following day: "I am not cruel, but I confess I...
...did enjoy the opportunity of ridding the earth of these wretches."
Bahadur Shah Zafar was deposed and brought to court martial where he was sentenced to death. The sentence was, however, commuted to exile for life to Rangoon where he died in 1862.
Bahadur Shah Zafar was deposed and brought to court martial where he was sentenced to death. The sentence was, however, commuted to exile for life to Rangoon where he died in 1862.
