7. Many Modern historians refused this that the revolt of 1857 should be consider as first war of independence. They simply mean that it was sepoy mutiny just took place coz of enfield refiles and it was only limited to the northern parts of the country. And before it many short revolts had taken place in Indian History. So they don't consider the revolt as 'First war of Independence'.
8. He was the last mughal emperor of india . No one was ready to lead the revolt at that time. Many rebels were worried about their own kingdoms. Also, there was no other Indian king left at that time when rebels asked him. There was no one to lead all the states rather than Bahadur Shah Zafar. Peshwa and the son of the deposed Nawab of Lucknow, Birjis Qadr acknowledged the suzerainty of Bahadur Shah Zafar. So, the rebels marched towards Delhi and declared Bahadur Shah Zafar as the Emperor of India, though he was not very popular, powerless and very old also.
