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Begum hazrat mahal 5marks notes for class 8 |
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Answer» Begum Hazrat MAHAL, also called as Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. Wajid Ali Shah met her in his palace. She rebelled against the British East INDIA Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She finally found asylum in Nepal where she died in 1879. After her husband had been EXILED to Calcutta, she took charge of the affairs in the STATE of Awadh and seized control of Lucknow. She organised an army of women and placed Uda Devi as its commander. She actively took part in the revolt of 1857 against the Doctrine of Lapse under which Dalhousie wanted her to surrender Lucknow. She gave stiff resistance. But after the fall of Lucknow she escaped to Kathmandu.She was a very brave women and such bravery in a male-dominated society was unprecedented.I TOO AM IN 8THPLZ MARK AS BRAINLIESTAND....THANK THIS ANSWER HIT THAT THANKS BUTTON 10 TIMES PLZPLZPLZPLZFOLLOW MEBYE♡♡♡♡♡ |
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