Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

Time has forgotten Bahadur Khan. History has condemned him as a drunken wastrel and overlooked his military genius.

Part man, part horse; part Hindu, part Muslim; part Rajput, part Gujarati; what was he like, really, this rebellious young man?

A warrior born, why did he refuse the most vital battle in history?

Why did he surrender the islands of Bombay to two centuries of Portuguese rule?

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