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Mubarak Begum (tawaif)

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Mubarak Begum (Mahruttun Mubarak ul-Nissa Begum), who passed away in 1878, was a prominent Indian tawaif and the thirteenth wife of David Ochterlony, the first British Resident to the Mughal court at Delhi. Born into a poor family, she began her career as a dancing girl in Pune before converting to Islam. As a tawaif, she was a highly skilled performer of…

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1822

Mubarak Begum Mosque built — The mosque was built in 1822-23 in Hauz Qazi, Old Delhi.

1878

Died

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