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Sultan Jahan Begum
Sultan Jahan Begum was ruler of Bhopal State from 1901 to 1926, the last of four women who ruled it in succession. She promoted education, especially for women, founded schools and health services, and became the first chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. She abdicated in 1926 in favour of her son Hamidullah Khan.
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