What is the significance of Palam in Shah Alam II's rule?
It was the capital of his empire
It was a suburb of his realm's borders
It was his birthplace
It was where he died
Answer
Palam was a suburb of Shah Alam II's realm's borders. It was a place where the Mughals and the British clashed. In the year 1803, a British army under Lord Lake and the Mughals under the Maratha Peshwa, Daulat Rao Sindhia, fought a battle near Palam. The British army won the battle, and Shah Alam II was forced to surrender Delhi to the British.
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