1. Chandu Lal was born in Hyderabad Deccan, and hailed from a Hindu family of the Khatri caste with origins in Lahore.
12 Facts About Chandu Lal
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Chandu Lal was a poet of Urdu, Hyderabadi, Punjabi and Persian.
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Chandu Lal Sadan was born in a Hindu Malhotra family of Punjabi Khatri background.
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Chandu Lal's father was Rai Naryen Das, who migrated from Rai Bareilly to Hyderabad State.
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Chandu Lal's family is the founder of the Dafter-e-Mal in Hyderabad Deccan during Nizam ul Mulk Asif Jah I The future Prime Minister, Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, was his great-grandson.
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Chandu Lal was a Minister within the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh under the Sikh Empire.
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Chandu Lal then converted and became a devout Sehajdhari Sikh.
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Chandu Lal started his career as a subordinate in the customs department of Kingdom of Hyderabad.
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In 1819 Chandu Lal received the title of Maharaja from Sikandar Jah and a cash award of one crore rupees.
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Chandu Lal was made prime minister of Hyderabad Deccan twice.
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Chandu Lal as a learned man, was a patron of Urdu poetry and literature.
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Chandu Lal even invited poets from Northern India like Zauq and Baksh Nasikh and Mirza Ghalib from Delhi to Hyderabad State but they couldn't turn up for some reasons.