The term
Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the
princely stateThere were as many as 568 states in India before independence. A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entity of British rule in India that was not directly administered by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-The British...
of
BhopalBhopal state was an independent state of 18th century India, a princely state of India from 1818 to 1947, and an Indian state from 1949 to 1956...
in Central
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
in the 19th and 20th centuries. They include:
- Qudsia Begum, Regent of Bhopal (regent from 1819-1837)
- Nawab Sikandar Begum (ruled from 1860-1868)
- Begum Sultan Shah Jehan
Sultan Shahjahan Begum, GCSI, CI, KIH was the Begum of Bhopal for two times: 1844-60, and secondly during 1868-1901....
(ruled from 1844-1860 and 1868-1901)
- Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan
Nawab Begum Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan was a notable and progressive Begum of Bhopal who ruled from 1901 to 1926.-Early Life:...
(ruled from 1901-1926)
- Begum Sajida Sultan
Sajida Sultan was a Begum of Bhopal in her own right, and consort to a Nawab of Pataudi.Sajida was the second daughter of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, last ruling Nawab of Bhopal...
(ruled from 1961-1995)
The term
“Begum of Bhopal” may in theory also refer to the wives of male nawabs of Bhopal; however, reference to such ladies rarely obtain.
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The term
Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the
princely stateThere were as many as 568 states in India before independence. A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entity of British rule in India that was not directly administered by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-The British...
of
BhopalBhopal state was an independent state of 18th century India, a princely state of India from 1818 to 1947, and an Indian state from 1949 to 1956...
in Central
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
in the 19th and 20th centuries. They include:
- Qudsia Begum, Regent of Bhopal (regent from 1819-1837)
- Nawab Sikandar Begum (ruled from 1860-1868)
- Begum Sultan Shah Jehan
Sultan Shahjahan Begum, GCSI, CI, KIH was the Begum of Bhopal for two times: 1844-60, and secondly during 1868-1901....
(ruled from 1844-1860 and 1868-1901)
- Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan
Nawab Begum Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan was a notable and progressive Begum of Bhopal who ruled from 1901 to 1926.-Early Life:...
(ruled from 1901-1926)
- Begum Sajida Sultan
Sajida Sultan was a Begum of Bhopal in her own right, and consort to a Nawab of Pataudi.Sajida was the second daughter of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, last ruling Nawab of Bhopal...
(ruled from 1961-1995)
The term
“Begum of Bhopal” may in theory also refer to the wives of male nawabs of Bhopal; however, reference to such ladies rarely obtain. The official title of the rulers was
Nawab of BhopalThe Nawabs of Bhopal were the Muslim rulers of the princely state of Bhopal, located in the modern state of Madhya Pradesh, in medieval and British India. The last Nawab was Hamidullah Khan, who acceeded to India in 1947.List of Nawabs of Bhopal...
.