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	== Family ==		== Family ==
	Chandu Lal Sadan's father was Rai Naryen Das, who migrated from [[Rai Bareilly]] to Hyderabad State,<ref name="Iranica">{{cite news \|first=Sharif Husain \|last=Qasemi \|title=Chandu Lal Sadan: Maharaja, statesman and poet in Persian and Urdu \|date=15 December 1990 \|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/candu-lal-lal-sadan-maharaja-statesman-and-poet-in-persian-and-urdu-b \|access-date=2014-12-11}}</ref> his ancestors were [[Hindu]]s.<ref name="Leonard1971">{{cite journal \|title=The Hyderabad Political System and its Participants \|first=Karen \|last=Leonard \|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies \|volume=30 \|issue=3 \|date=May 1971 \|pages=569–582 \|jstor=2052461 \|doi=10.1017/s0021911800154841\|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/454191gp }}</ref> who served in the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] courts.<ref name="Iranica" /> His family is the founder of the ''Dafter-e-Mal'' ([[Department of Finance]]) in Hyderabad Deccan during [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I\|Nizam ul Mulk Asif Jah I]]. The later [[prime minister]], [[Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad]] first 1901-1912, and then 1926 - 1937, is his great-grandson. The family is famously known as ''Malwala Family'' in [[Hyderabad, India]],<ref name="Leonard1971" />		Chandu Lal Sadan's was born in arora malhotra family his father was Rai Naryen Das, who migrated from [[Rai Bareilly]] to Hyderabad State,<ref name="Iranica">{{cite news \|first=Sharif Husain \|last=Qasemi \|title=Chandu Lal Sadan: Maharaja, statesman and poet in Persian and Urdu \|date=15 December 1990 \|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/candu-lal-lal-sadan-maharaja-statesman-and-poet-in-persian-and-urdu-b \|access-date=2014-12-11}}</ref> his ancestors were [[Hindu]]s.<ref name="Leonard1971">{{cite journal \|title=The Hyderabad Political System and its Participants \|first=Karen \|last=Leonard \|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies \|volume=30 \|issue=3 \|date=May 1971 \|pages=569–582 \|jstor=2052461 \|doi=10.1017/s0021911800154841\|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/454191gp }}</ref> who served in the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal]] courts.<ref name="Iranica" /> His family is the founder of the ''Dafter-e-Mal'' ([[Department of Finance]]) in Hyderabad Deccan during [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I\|Nizam ul Mulk Asif Jah I]]. The later [[prime minister]], [[Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad]] first 1901-1912, and then 1926 - 1937, is his great-grandson. The family is famously known as ''Malwala Family'' in [[Hyderabad, India]],<ref name="Leonard1971" />
	[[File:ChanduLal Baradari.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|View of Baradari Chandulal in 1890s]]		[[File:ChanduLal Baradari.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|right\|View of Baradari Chandulal in 1890s]]

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	Chandu Shah was a Minister within the court of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] under the [[Sikh Empire]]. They both had good relations and Chandu Lal Malotra became a General in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]. He then converted and became a devout [[Sahajdhari\|Sehajdhari Sikh]].		Chandu Shah was a Minister within the court of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] under the [[Sikh Empire]]. They both had good relations and Chandu Lal Malotra became a General in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]. He then converted and became a devout [[Sahajdhari\|Sehajdhari Sikh]].

	In an agreement between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] for the ~~contruction~~ of a Gurudwara in the spot where [[Guru Gobind Singh\|Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] died and the Nizam of Hyderabad making it 4 acres large made of marble, Ranjit Singh would give him 24,000 [[Nihang\|Nihang Sikhs]] as private unpaid soldiers to quell rebellions.{{needs citation\|date=August 2021}}		In an agreement between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] for the construction of a Gurudwara in the spot where [[Guru Gobind Singh\|Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] died and the Nizam of Hyderabad making it 4 acres large made of marble, Ranjit Singh would give him 24,000 [[Nihang\|Nihang Sikhs]] as private unpaid soldiers to quell rebellions.{{needs citation\|date=August 2021}}

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	'''Chandu Lal ~~Sadan~~''' (1766 - 15 April 1845 ), better known as '''Maharaja Chandu Lal''' was the [[Prime Minister]] (1833–1844) for 3rd [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] [[Sikandar Jah]]. He was born in [[Hyderabad Deccan]] (now [[Hyderabad, India]]) and hails from a family from [[Raebareli]], India. He was also a poet of [[Urdu]], [[Hyderabad\|Hyderabadi]], [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] and [[Persian language\|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft\|title=The Nizam; the origin and future of the Hyderabad state, being the Le Bas Prize essay in the University of Cambridge, 1904\|last=McAuliffe\|first=Robert Paton\|date=1904\|publisher=London C.J. Clay\|others=Robarts - University of Toronto\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft/page/39 39]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Hyderabad_(Deccan)/Chapter_3\|title=Modern Hyderabad (Deccan)\|last=Law\|first=John\|pages=30}}</ref>		'''Chandu Lal Malhotra''' (1766 - 15 April 1845 ), better known as '''Maharaja Chandu Lal''' was the [[Prime Minister]] (1833–1844) for 3rd [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] [[Sikandar Jah]]. He was born in [[Hyderabad Deccan]] (now [[Hyderabad, India]]) and hails from a family from [[Raebareli]], India. He was also a poet of [[Urdu]], [[Hyderabad\|Hyderabadi]], [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] and [[Persian language\|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft\|title=The Nizam; the origin and future of the Hyderabad state, being the Le Bas Prize essay in the University of Cambridge, 1904\|last=McAuliffe\|first=Robert Paton\|date=1904\|publisher=London C.J. Clay\|others=Robarts - University of Toronto\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft/page/39 39]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Hyderabad_(Deccan)/Chapter_3\|title=Modern Hyderabad (Deccan)\|last=Law\|first=John\|pages=30}}</ref>

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	Chandu Shah was a Minister within the court of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] under the [[Sikh Empire]]. They both had good relations and Chandu Lal Malotra became a General in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]. He then converted and became a devout [[Sahajdhari\|Sehajdhari Sikh]].		Chandu Shah was a Minister within the court of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] under the [[Sikh Empire]]. They both had good relations and Chandu Lal Malotra became a General in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]. He then converted and became a devout [[Sahajdhari\|Sehajdhari Sikh]].

	In an agreement between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] for the contruction of a Gurudwara in the spot where [[Guru Gobind Singh\|Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] died and the Nizam of Hyderabad making it 4 acres large made of marble, Ranjit Singh would give him 24,000 [[Nihang\|Nihang Sikhs]] as private unpaid soldiers to quell rebellions.~~<ref>~~{{~~Cite web\|last=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large\|first=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large~~\|date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large\|title=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large\|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large\|url-status=live}}~~</ref>~~		In an agreement between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] for the contruction of a Gurudwara in the spot where [[Guru Gobind Singh\|Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] died and the Nizam of Hyderabad making it 4 acres large made of marble, Ranjit Singh would give him 24,000 [[Nihang\|Nihang Sikhs]] as private unpaid soldiers to quell rebellions.{{needs citation\|date=August 2021}}

	== In Nizam Darbar ==		== In Nizam Darbar ==
	He started his career as a subordinate in the customs department of [[Hyderabad State\|Kingdom of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite book \|first=Charles Edward \|last=Buckland \|title=Dictionary of Indian biography \|publisher=S. Sonnenschein \|year=1906 \|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-buckland/dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu/page-15-dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu.shtml}}</ref> Later he received the title of ''Raja Bahadur'' from Nawab [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III\|Sikandar Jah]]. Sikandar Jah selected him as accounts officer of his army. British historian states "Due to the ladting effect of Chundoo Lal the dominions of the Nizam seem to look like a Sikh one rather then a Mohhamedan." The Nihang forces refused to be paid and said they would only be paid by the Akal Takht. Later after the Anglo Sikh Wars Nihangs fled to the South, where they battled against revolt earning respect by many. It is even noted by historians that Nihangs were used as bodyguards.~~<ref>~~{{~~Cite web\|last=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900\|first=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900~~\|date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900\|title=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900\|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900\|url-status=live\|access-date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900\|website=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900}}~~</ref>~~		He started his career as a subordinate in the customs department of [[Hyderabad State\|Kingdom of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite book \|first=Charles Edward \|last=Buckland \|title=Dictionary of Indian biography \|publisher=S. Sonnenschein \|year=1906 \|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-buckland/dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu/page-15-dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu.shtml}}</ref> Later he received the title of ''Raja Bahadur'' from Nawab [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III\|Sikandar Jah]]. Sikandar Jah selected him as accounts officer of his army. British historian states "Due to the ladting effect of Chundoo Lal the dominions of the Nizam seem to look like a Sikh one rather then a Mohhamedan." The Nihang forces refused to be paid and said they would only be paid by the Akal Takht. Later after the Anglo Sikh Wars Nihangs fled to the South, where they battled against revolt earning respect by many. It is even noted by historians that Nihangs were used as bodyguards.{{needs citation\|date=August 2021}}

	In 1819 Chandu Lal received the title of ''Maharaja'' from Sikandar Jah and a cash award of one [[crore]] [[Hyderabadi rupee\|rupees]]. In 1822 he was made the head of seven thousand horsemen with the title of ''Raja e Rajagan'' from Nawab [[Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV\|Nasir ud dawlah]]. After the death of Monir-ul-Mulk in 1833, Chandu Lal succeeded him as a prime minister.<ref name="Iranica" />		In 1819 Chandu Lal received the title of ''Maharaja'' from Sikandar Jah and a cash award of one [[crore]] [[Hyderabadi rupee\|rupees]]. In 1822 he was made the head of seven thousand horsemen with the title of ''Raja e Rajagan'' from Nawab [[Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV\|Nasir ud dawlah]]. After the death of Monir-ul-Mulk in 1833, Chandu Lal succeeded him as a prime minister.<ref name="Iranica" />

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{{short description|Prime Minister for the 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Maharaja]]
| name = Chandu Lal
| image = Brooklyn Museum - Chandhu La'l.jpg
| office = [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]]
| termstart = 1833
| termend = 1844
| relations =
| monarch = [[Sikandar Jah]]
| death_date = 15 April 1845
| Religion =
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'''Chandu Lal Sadan''' (1766 - 15 April 1845 ), better known as '''Maharaja Chandu Lal''' was the [[Prime Minister]] (1833–1844) for 3rd [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] [[Sikandar Jah]]. He was born in [[Hyderabad Deccan]] (now [[Hyderabad, India]]) and hails from a family from [[Raebareli]], India. He was also a poet of [[Urdu]], [[Hyderabad|Hyderabadi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft|title=The Nizam; the origin and future of the Hyderabad state, being the Le Bas Prize essay in the University of Cambridge, 1904|last=McAuliffe|first=Robert Paton|date=1904|publisher=London C.J. Clay|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nizamoriginfutur00mcauuoft/page/39 39]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Hyderabad_(Deccan)/Chapter_3|title=Modern Hyderabad (Deccan)|last=Law|first=John|pages=30}}</ref>

== Family ==
Chandu Lal Sadan's father was Rai Naryen Das, who migrated from [[Rai Bareilly]] to Hyderabad State,<ref name="Iranica">{{cite news |first=Sharif Husain |last=Qasemi |title=Chandu Lal Sadan: Maharaja, statesman and poet in Persian and Urdu |date=15 December 1990 |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/candu-lal-lal-sadan-maharaja-statesman-and-poet-in-persian-and-urdu-b |access-date=2014-12-11}}</ref> his ancestors were [[Hindu]]s.<ref name="Leonard1971">{{cite journal |title=The Hyderabad Political System and its Participants |first=Karen |last=Leonard |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=30 |issue=3 |date=May 1971 |pages=569–582 |jstor=2052461 |doi=10.1017/s0021911800154841|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/454191gp }}</ref> who served in the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] courts.<ref name="Iranica" /> His family is the founder of the ''Dafter-e-Mal'' ([[Department of Finance]]) in Hyderabad Deccan during [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Nizam ul Mulk Asif Jah I]]. The later [[prime minister]], [[Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad]] first 1901-1912, and then 1926 - 1937, is his great-grandson. The family is famously known as ''Malwala Family'' in [[Hyderabad, India]],<ref name="Leonard1971" />
[[File:ChanduLal Baradari.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View of Baradari Chandulal in 1890s]]

== In Sikh Darbar ==
Chandu Shah was a Minister within the court of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] under the [[Sikh Empire]]. They both had good relations and Chandu Lal Malotra became a General in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]]. He then converted and became a devout [[Sahajdhari|Sehajdhari Sikh]].

In an agreement between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] for the contruction of a Gurudwara in the spot where [[Guru Gobind Singh|Guru Gobind Singh Ji]] died and the Nizam of Hyderabad making it 4 acres large made of marble, Ranjit Singh would give him 24,000 [[Nihang|Nihang Sikhs]] as private unpaid soldiers to quell rebellions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large|first=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large|date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large|title=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej2S79rVoAAKoXL?format=jpg&name=large|url-status=live}}</ref>

== In Nizam Darbar ==
He started his career as a subordinate in the customs department of [[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Charles Edward |last=Buckland |title=Dictionary of Indian biography |publisher=S. Sonnenschein |year=1906 |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-edward-buckland/dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu/page-15-dictionary-of-indian-biography-kcu.shtml}}</ref> Later he received the title of ''Raja Bahadur'' from Nawab [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III|Sikandar Jah]]. Sikandar Jah selected him as accounts officer of his army. British historian states "Due to the ladting effect of Chundoo Lal the dominions of the Nizam seem to look like a Sikh one rather then a Mohhamedan." The Nihang forces refused to be paid and said they would only be paid by the Akal Takht. Later after the Anglo Sikh Wars Nihangs fled to the South, where they battled against revolt earning respect by many. It is even noted by historians that Nihangs were used as bodyguards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|first=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|title=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|url-status=live|access-date=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900|website=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDFX0LIVAAAbRuI?format=jpg&name=900x900}}</ref>

In 1819 Chandu Lal received the title of ''Maharaja'' from Sikandar Jah and a cash award of one [[crore]] [[Hyderabadi rupee|rupees]]. In 1822 he was made the head of seven thousand horsemen with the title of ''Raja e Rajagan'' from Nawab [[Nasir-ud-dawlah, Asaf Jah IV|Nasir ud dawlah]]. After the death of Monir-ul-Mulk in 1833, Chandu Lal succeeded him as a prime minister.<ref name="Iranica" />

==Prime minister==
Chandu Lal was made prime minister of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad Deccan]] 2 times. First in the year 1808 then in 1832 AD and he held the office until 1843 AD.<ref name="Iranica" />

==Poet==
Chandu Lal (who used the pen name "Sadan") as a learned man, was a patron of [[Urdu]] poetry and literature. His patronship attracted [[Urdu poets]] to his court. He even invited poets from Northern India like [[Zauq]] and [[Baksh Nasikh]] from Delhi to Hyderabad State but they couldn't turn up for some reasons.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} Despite the responsibility of his prime ministerial office he used to regularly organize and attend ''[[Mushaira]]''.<ref name="Iranica" />

==See also==
*[[Vitthal Sundar]]
*[[List of prime ministers of Hyderabad State|Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State]]

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