The last Mughal emperor was Bahadur Shah II, also known as Bahadur Shah Zafar. He ascended to the throne in 1837 and ruled until 1857. Bahadur Shah II was the successor of his father, Akbar II, and he was the nineteenth and final Mughal emperor. His reign marked the decline and ultimate end of the Mughal Empire. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Bahadur Shah II was exiled to Burma (now Myanmar) by the British East India Company, where he died in 1862.