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A circular letter addressed to the Rajput princes by Bahadur Shah Zafar, last of the Moghul Emperors, as early as 1856, calling upon them to unite and drive away the British has been acquired by the History of Freedom Movement Board in New Delhi. The circular, Mr. S.M. Ghosh, Secretary of the Board, told a meeting of Members of Parliament in New Delhi on May 9, revealed the initiative in the country even before the 1857 movement to shake off foreign domination through united resistance. Mr. Ghosh said Bahadur Shah had in that circular assured the Rajput princes that his move was not prompted by his desire to capture power and that after clearing the soil of all foreign elements they had the option to choose anyone to head the State.
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