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| Keywords: Begum of Bhopal.png en In V D Savarkar's book The Indian War of Independence 1909 this photo was http //www copsey-family org/~allenc/lakshmibai/savarkar html misidentified as that of Rani Laxmibai taken in 1852 by German photographer Hoffman in Jhansi India According to the family historian Allen Copsey the subject of the photograph is either 1 Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal 1838-1901 who in 1872 was created a Grand commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India; or 2 her daughter Sultan Jahan Begum of Bhopal 1858-1930 who in 1904 received the Grand Commander of the Indian Empire and in 1910 the Grand Commander of the Star of India See http //www copsey-family org/~allenc/lakshmibai/kb-Rani1 jpg 1910 commemorative postcard That she wears two collars of orders indicates that it is the former Begum about 1878 1878 Internet author Custom license marker 2012 09 16 This picture was taken 160 years ago and therefore the copyright has automatically expired PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Begum of Bhopal | ||||
