Begum Hazrat Mahal
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Begum Hazrat Mahal was born in 1820 and was the first wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. She was a brave and courageous leader who fought against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She took control of Lucknow and declared her son as the new King of Awadh, and fought alongside other revolutionaries against the British forces. Despite the British re-capturing Awadh, she refused to accept any favors or allowances from them and instead sought asylum in Nepal, where she died after some time. She was the only major leader never to surrender to the British, and she maintained her opposition through twenty years of exile in Nepal until her death.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Birth Year 1820
Age 199 YEARS OLD
Died On 7 April 1879 (aged 59)\nKathmandu, Nepal
Husband Wajid Ali Shah
Religion Shia Islam

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Begum Hazrat Mahal, the esteemed Wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, was born in 1820. A prominent figure in Indian history, she played a significant role during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. Despite her remarkable contributions, Begum Hazrat Mahal's net worth is estimated to be between $100K to $1M in 2024. Her worth does not merely lie in monetary terms but in her enduring legacy and the impact she made on the fight for Indian independence.

Famous Quotes:

To eat pigs and drink wine, to bite greased cartridges and to mix pig's fat with sweetmeats, to destroy Hindu and Mussalman temples on pretense of making roads, to build churches, to send clergymen into the streets to preach the Christian religion, to institute English schools, and pay people a monthly stipend for learning the English sciences, while the places of worship of Hindus and Mussalmans are to this day entirely neglected; with all this, how can people believe that religion will not be interfered with?

Biography/Timeline

1856

She was a junior wife of the last Tajdaar-e-Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah. The British had annexed Awadh in 1856 and Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta. After her husband was exiled to Calcutta, she took charge of the affairs of the state of Awadh despite her divorce from the Nawab, which then was a large part of the current state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

1857

During the First War of Independence, from 1857 to 1858, Begum Hazrat Mahal's band of supporters, led by Raja Jailal Singh, rebelled against the forces of the British East India Company; later, they seized control of Lucknow and she declared her son, Birjis Qadra, as the ruler (Wali) of Oudh. When the forces under the command of the British re-captured Lucknow and most of Oudh, she was forced to retreat. Hazrat Mahal worked in association with Nana Saheb, but later joined the Maulavi of Faizabad in the attack on Shahjahanpur.

1879

Ultimately, she had to retreat to Nepal, where she was initially refused asylum by the Rana prime minister Jang Bahadur, but was later allowed to stay. She died there in 1879 and was buried in a Nameless grave in the grounds of Kathmandu's Jama Masjid. After her death, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887), the British Government pardoned Birjis Qadar and he was allowed to return home.

1962

On 15 August 1962, Mahal was honoured at the Old Victoria Park in Hazratganj, Lucknow for her role in the Great Revolt. Along with the renaming of the park, a marble memorial was constructed, which includes a marble tablet with four round brass plaques bearing the Coat of Arms of the Awadh royal family. The park has been used for Ramlilas and bonfires during Dusshera, as well as Lucknow Mahotsava (Lucknow Exposition).

1984

On 10 May 1984, the Government of India issued a commemorative stamp in honour of Mahal. The first day cover was designed by C.R. Pakrashi, and the cancellation was done by Alka Sharma. 15,00,000 stamps were issued.

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