The Con Artist Who Fooled India — Wilayat Mahal
Wilayat Mahal fooled the Indian government and media to portray her as the last surviving member of the Royal house of Oudh.
It was the VIP waiting room in the New Delhi railway station. People flock to the waiting station to get a glimpse of the Queen, the prince, and the princess. It was an extravagant lifestyle in a railway station waiting room that included 12 Nepali servants, silver patter for letter communication, carpets antiques, and a bunch of foreign journalists. The Indian government even gave the Queen a palace on the outskirts of New Delhi. Wilayat Mahal, who called herself the Begam of Oudh, had tricked the media and made the Indian government accept her as the last royal family of Oudh.
Royal House Of Oudh:
Oudh was a prominent princely state in the north of India, which consisted of present-day Uttar Pradesh. The Nawab of Oudh had been the loyalist of the Mughal empire for centuries. They collected tax and gave the fair share of the collections to the Mughals. As the Mughal dynasty started to decline, and the East India Company began…
