The Crown was crafted in the second quarter of the 19th century CE, most probably in Delhi or surrounding areas, by goldsmiths and jewelers. It is, strictly speaking, not a crown, but an article of headdress. the Aftermath of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 CE, and Delhi was recaptured from Indian freedom fighters by East India Company's Army on September 21, 1857 CE, Their atrocities and intimidation reached the end of tolerance. Emperor along with his two sons and grand son took shelter in Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
Mirza Ilahi Bux, a close associate of the ruler was forced to reveal where the ruler and others were hiding. At last emperor and his heirs surrendered to Major Hodson who took his captives back to Red Fort. On the way near Khooni Gate (Dharwaza), the major ordered Bahadur Shah Zafar's sons, Mirza Mughal and Mirza Khizer Khan, and his grandson, Mirza Abu Bakr, to get off the carriage and disrobe.
He then shot them dead in cold blood and hung their bodies near the gate. The official end of the Mughal Empire was marked in Delhi by the auction of quantities of jewels and other valuable relics from Bahadur Shah’s court. Bahadur Shah (1775–1862 CE), was held prisoner in a dingy room of his ancestral fort during the summer and later exiled to Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), where the last Mughal Emperor, died at 5am on Friday, November 7, 1862. He was given a hurried and ignominious burial in Rangoon.
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