Begum Hazrat Mahal, the wife of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah of Awadh, ruled on behalf of her 11-year-old son Birjis Qadar and led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow . With the assistance of the sepoys, the zamindars and peasants, Begum organised an all out attack on the British. In it, Henry Lawrence, the British resident of Lucknow was killed. Though, the revolt was suppressed by the British forces under the command of Sir Colin Campbell. Begum Hazrat Mahal refused to accept the pension offered to her by the British and choose to die unmourned in Nepal.
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