I finally caught up with the Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson who captured Bahadur Shah Zafar and killed his sons and grandson in cold blood at the Khooni Darwaza in 1857.
He lies buried here in La Martiniere Boys College grounds. Killed in 1858
I finally caught up with the Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson who captured Bahadur Shah Zafar and killed his sons and grandson in cold blood at the Khooni Darwaza in 1857.
He lies buried here in La Martiniere Boys College grounds. Killed in 1858
