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Malcha Mahal, also known as Wilayat Mahal, is a Tughlak era hunting lodge in the Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi, India next to the Delhi Earth Station of the Indian Space Research Organisation.[1][2] It was built by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi, in 1325.[3] It came to be known as Wilayat Mahal after the self-proclaimed "Begum Wilayat Mahal" of Awadh, who claimed to be a member of the Royal family of Oudh who was reportedly given the place by the Government of India
The self-proclaimed royal family of Oudh was a family of three, Begum Wilayat Mahal, Ali "Cyrus" Raza, and Sakina Mahal who claimed to be descended from the rulers of the Oudh State in the 1970s. They lived in Malcha Mahal, a hunting lodge that dates back to the 14th century.[1][2] The family's claim was disputed by many others,[3] and on 22 November 2019, journalist Ellen Barry published an article in The New York Times claiming that the family had no royal connection and was in fact descended from the former Registrar of the University of Lucknow, Inayatullah Butt.
The Oudh State was a princely state, with a population of around five million people,[6] in the Awadh region of North India until annexation by the British in 1856.[7] The British seized the throne from the Nawab of Awadh, removing Ramzan Ali and forcing him to spend the rest of his life in Nepal in exile. He died in 1893, of poisoning.[8][9] In 1981, The New York Times wrote that the British "never justified their seizure of Oudh legally."[9]
There exist legitimate descendants of the Wazid Ali Shah, who have always maintained that this family's claim is bogus.[10] The son of Wajid Ali Shah was Birjis Qadr, who had married Mehtab Ara, a granddaughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar, and had two sons Khurshid Qadr and Meher Quder. Meher Quder's three sons are Anjum Quder of Calcutta,[11] Kaukub Quder of Aligarh[12] and Nayyer Quder, a barrister in London. Anjum Quder had protested the claim of Wilayat Mahal in 1975.
Some time in the early 1970s, Begum Wilayat Mahal, Ali "Cyrus" Raza and Sakina arrived in Lucknow, the capital of the Oudh State, and demanded to be compensated with the royal estates and moved into the Lucknow railway station to protest their treatment. They later relocated to a railway station in New Delhi,[5] with a retinue of 13 dogs and 7 servants.[16] The family alleged that their palace in Kashmir had been burned down by the government. They lived on a railroad platform for close to ten years, originally in the first class waiting room (reportedly built for Louis Mountbatten, the last Governor-General of India),[15] and then in a portico.[17]
The family would spend their time praying or writing letters to different authorities.[9] While there, they had decorated their tiny living quarters to resemble royalty, complete with Persian carpets and portraits on the walls. Their meals would be served to them by their servants on bone china and in silver tea sets.[18] The family of Awadh had been a powerful figure among the Shiite Muslims of Lucknow and Wilayat and her children thus received many pilgrims and the support of the community.[4] The three Quder brothers, the legitimate descendants of the Oudh State, also met Wilayat to verify her claims during this period.[19]
The family wrote multiple letters to authorities, including Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, and Queen Elizabeth II.[18] Raza reportedly delivered a letter to the Queen himself after travelling to London in 1980.[20] Their protest attracted international media attention,[4] and the family was offered a modern residence in 1976. They refused.[9] In 1984, Indira Gandhi visited the family at the train station and ordered the Home Ministry to look for a suitable place for them to live in. Following this, the government offered Malcha Mahal to the family in 1985.
The family moved into Malcha Mahal and continued to air grievances against the Indian government. Begum Wilayat Mahal died by suicide in October 1993, consuming the "drink of silence", a mixture of toxic powders reportedly containing the
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