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Shah Jahan Begum
Shah Jahan Begum was ruler of Bhopal State in central India, first as a child under her mother Sikandar Begum's regency from 1844 and in her own right from 1868 until 1901. She expanded Bhopal's public works, reformed revenue, wrote poetry and histories, and began the Taj-ul-Masajid, one of the largest mosques in India.
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