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Begum Hazrat Mahal

1820 - 1879

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Begum Hazrat Mahal (c. 1820 – 7 April 1879), also known as the Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh in 1857–1858. She is known for the leading role she had in the rebellion against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After her husband was exiled to Calcutta and the Indian Rebellion broke out, she made her son, Prince Birjis Qadr, the Wali (ruler) of Awadh, with herself as regent during his minority. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Begum Hazrat Mahal is the 12,453rd most popular politician (down from 8,235th in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from India (down from 279th in 2019) and the 161st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Begum Hazrat Mahal ranks 12,453 out of 19,576. Before her are Anatoliy Kinakh, Isa Gambar, Jens Hundseid, Gagik I of Armenia, Zainab al Ghazali, and Dumnorix. After her are Mostafa El-Nahas, Morta, Khuang Aphaiwong, Turar Ryskulov, Igor Rodionov, and John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Begum Hazrat Mahal ranks 52. Before her are Cornelius Gurlitt, Pōmare III, Josef Mánes, Mkrtich Khrimian, Fanny Crosby, and Concepción Arenal. After her are Julia Gardiner Tyler, György Klapka, Juan N. Méndez, Carolina Coronado, Sergey Solovyov, and Anton Josef Gruscha. Among people deceased in 1879, Begum Hazrat Mahal ranks 38. Before her are Anthony Panizzi, Joseph Poelaert, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jakob Dubs, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, and Michel Chevalier. After her are Johann von Lamont, Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, Marguerite Bays, Jeanne Jugan, and Lyuben Karavelov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Begum Hazrat Mahal ranks 488 out of 1,861. Before her are Shashi Kapoor (1938), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Jai Singh II (1688), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Sonam Kapoor (1985), and Jayaprakash Narayan (1902). After her are Shibli Nomani (1857), Launceston Elliot (1874), ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), Ela Bhatt (1933), Rakesh Sharma (1949), and Ram Prasad Bismil (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Begum Hazrat Mahal ranks 161. Before her are Skandagupta (500), Bahubali (null), Rani Padmini (null), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), and N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950). After her are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Mamata Banerjee (1955), C. N. Annadurai (1909), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Kumaragupta I (400), and Fatima Jinnah (1893).

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