Who was the puppet Mughal emperor before Shah Alam II's reinstated rule?
Aurangzeb
Alamgir II
Shah Jahan II
Shah Jahan III
Answer
Shah Jahan III was the Mughal emperor from 1759 to 1760. He was installed as a puppet ruler by the British East India Company and was deposed in 1760 by Shah Alam II, who was the last Mughal emperor to rule independently. Shah Jahan III was a weak and ineffectual ruler, and his reign was marked by political instability and economic decline.
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