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MUGHLANI BEGUM
Mughlani Begum was the Viceroy of the Punjab from 1754 to 1756. Her mother
was a daughter of Abdus Samad Khan the viceroy of the Punjab from 1713
to 1726. She was the wife of Mir Mannu the Viceroy of the Punjab from
1748 to 1754. On the death of her husband, Mughlani Begum became the Viceroy
of the Punjab. Installed inpower she betrayed the weakness of her sex.
Her clandestine love affairs became the subject matter of scandal and
she was deposed. She was restored to office with the assistance of Ahmad
Shah but could not hold power for long. She sought refuge in Jammu where
she became notorious for loose living. Ultimately she married the manager
of her household and retired to a hillside village Samba where she died
in 1779 in destitution and obscurity. That was the sad end of the woman
who had at one time ruled over the Punjab as the Viceroy.
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