In Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that the legislative districts across states be equal in population. In a decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that Alabama's apportionment scheme did violate the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.
The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar was tried in court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in the Rangoon jail in November 1862.
