by Admin | Jul 16, 2025 | Freedom Movement, Royalty
Begum Hazrat Mahal, born as Muhammadi Khanum around 1820, stands as a formidable figure in India’s first major struggle for independence, the 1857 Rebellion. As the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Awadh, she was thrust from the confines of...
by Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Royalty
Begum Maimoona Sultan (1900-1982) was a prominent figure of the Bhopal royal family, remembered as the consort of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, the last ruling Nawab of the princely state. Belonging to an illustrious lineage and possessing literary talent, she embodied the...
by Admin | Jul 26, 2025 | Royalty
Begum Samru (c. 1753–1836), born Farzana, was one of the most powerful women in 18th and 19th-century India. Beginning her life as a nautch (dancing) girl in Delhi, her intelligence and ambition led her to become the companion of Walter Reinhardt Sombre, a...
