Begum Hazrat Mahal

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. She rebelled against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She made her son, Prince Birjis Qadr, the Wali of Awadh; However, she was forced to abandon this role after a short reign.

About Begum Hazrat Mahal in brief

Summary Begum Hazrat MahalBegum Hazrat Mahal was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. She rebelled against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She made her son, Prince Birjis Qadr, the Wali of Awadh; However, she was forced to abandon this role after a short reign. She finally found asylum in Nepal onto Hallaur where she died in 1879. On 15 August 1962, Mahal. was honoured at the Old Victoria Park in Hazratganj, Lucknow for her role in the Great.

Revolt. She was a courtesan by profession and had been taken into the royal harem as a khawasin after being sold by her parents, then to Royal agents, and later promoted to a pari, and was known as Mahak Pari. She became a begum after being accepted as a royal concubine of the King ofAwadh.