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precis Begum Hazrat Mahal's policy towards the British after Wajid Ali Shah was exiled.Write precis writing

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Begum Hazrat Mahal also popularly known as the Begum of Awadh was the wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow and one of the most prominent figures of the Indian independence movement. She was one of the many courageous women who helped India break free from the colonial rule. Widely known for her immense contribution in the first war of independence in 1857, Hazrat Mahal bravely stood up to the British forces.

First War of Independence

In 1856, when the British East India Company annexed the territory of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal urged the King of Awadh to put a strong fight and not step down. However, the King of Awadh gave up the kingdom and was sent into exile to Calcutta. But Begum Hazrat Mahal decided not to surrender and resisted. After her husband was sent into exile, she decided to take charge of the state and get it back from the British. She first built her armed forces and with the help of her associates including Rana Beni Madho Baksh of Baiswara, Raja Drig Bijai Singh of Mahona, Maulvi Ahmad Ullah Shah of Faizabad, Raja Man Singh, she fearlessly fought against the British and took control of Lucknow.

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Revolt of 1857

Hazrat Mahal was one of the most important leaders in the iconic revolt of 1857. She bravely fought alongside Indian revolutionaries like Nana Saheb, Beni Madho, Tatya Tope, Kunwar Singh, Firuz Shah, Rani Laxmi Bai, Bakht Khan and Maulvi Ahmadullah. She not only strategised but also fought courageously on the battlefield. Sadly, the British forces returned and recaptured Lucknow in 1858, leaving her no choice but to flee. The peasants and zamindars who weren’t willing to pay taxes to the British, paid willingly under her regime.

She continued to make efforts in keeping an army on the field throughout and raised her voice against British oppression by demanding the rights of her family as the rulers of the state. She failed to recapture Awadh and migrated to Nepal. She is believed to spend all her wealth in providing and supporting the thousands of refugees of 1857 who followed her to Nepal. She refused to accept the pension that was offered to her by the British who had urged her to come back to her kingdom and work under the East India Company.

Death

Begum Hazrat Mahal breathed her last on April 7, 1879, in Nepal at the age of 59. She was respectfully buried in Kathmandu’s Jama Masjid in a nameless grave.

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