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Bakht Khan was commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company.

Background

He was born in Bijnor in Rohilkhand and later became a subedar in the army of the East India Company, gaining forty years of experience in the Bengal horse artillery and seeing action in the First Anglo-Afghan War.He also was a part of rebellion of 1857.

Career

Bakht Khan was a Pashtun related to the family of Rohilla chief Najib-ul-Daula, from a branch of the Yusufzai tribe. By the time Khan arrived at Delhi on July 1, 1857, with an immense number of Rohilla sepoys, the city had already been taken by rebel forces and the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar had been proclaimed Emperor of India.

The emperor"s eldest son, Mirza Mughal, also called Mirza Zahiruddin, had been given the title of chief general, but this prince had no military experience.

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