Actually There was plenty of Brutal acts in Mughal empire but some were very much harsh and there was one which fall in this category very much it related with Ghulam Qadir and it related with Mughal Emperor Shah alam II let me show some light on that brutal incident
Early Life
Ghulam Qadir was the son of Zabita Khan, Ruler of Rohilkhand. Mughal emporer shah alam ll Zabita Khan of high treason. Zabita Khan ally himself with the Sikhs in order to become the official Mir Bakshi(state treasurer) of the Mughal Empire. His son Abdul Qadir was also accused of betrayal.Shah Alam arrested the entire family of Zabita Khan and severely humiliated him after the war with Mughal. Shah Alam ordered castration of Zabita’s son, Ghulam Qadir Rohilla and made to serve as a page in the palace
War Against Mughls -
In 1787, Ghulam Qadir Rohilla, who had reassembled his forces and recovered his father’s lands. He returned to attack Delhi but the valiant Bagum Samru, ever loyal to Shah Alam II, yet again came to his rescue with her forces.Ghulam Qadir withdrew and the Emperor invited back the Maratha leader Mahadji Scindia. Mahadji Scindia was unable to protect Delhi as he was entangled in Central India. When the mercurial Ghulam Qadir Rohilla leader learned about this, it reinforced his longstanding grudge against the Mughals.
Ghulam Qadir Capture Delhi -
Within a couple of days, the combined forces of Ghulam Qadir, Badal Beg and Hamdani ‘took full possession of the city’. The chief eunuch of the emperor, named Manzur Ali, was also won over by the rebels. Through Manzur Ali treachery Ghulam Qadir was able to gain entry into the Red Fort and took its forced possession by disarming the royal guards.
Vengence of Ghulam Qadir-
Ghulam Qadir deposed and blinded Shah Alam ten days later on 30 July. Ghulam Qadir took out Bidar Bakht, son of Ahmad Shah, the ex-emperor, from the royal prison and made him the new puppet emperor with the title of Jahan Shah.
Malika-i-Zamani gave Ghulam Qadir 12 lakhs of rupees to wreak her vengeance against Shah Alam. Shah Alam father Alamgir II deposing and blinding Ahmad Shah, the only son Malika-i-Zamani to gain the throne.
Ghulam Qadir tortured and thrown into the prison all the nineteen surviving sons of Shah Alam. The plunder of the palace and atrocities on the inmates of the Mughal harem, commenced on the same evening of 30 July.
Ghulam Qadir flogged the Princes and molested the princesses. Rohilla tortured and killed maidservants and eunuchs to make them confess location of royal treasures. Ghulam Qadir looted the Red Fort of all the valuables. Rohilla ransacked the entire palace area as well as the mansions of the rich inhabitants of the city.
During the two and a half months of Afghan occupation the royal family had to undergo intense suffering. This resulted in death of 21 prices and princesses within the brief span of two weeks. Ghulam Qadir compelled the queens to go about without their veils.
I guess now you get your answer and also Ghulam Qadir also captured later by Maratha and brutally tourtued and later killed same as Mughal prince or princess but that is other story
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