{"id":928,"date":"2021-01-25T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=928"},"modified":"2021-01-25T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:28:53","slug":"sharma-jyoti-p-kothi-begam-samru-a-tale-of-transformation-in-19th-century-delhi-marg-a-magazine-of-the-arts-1-june-2010-rpt-in-the-free-library-accessed-15-jan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"Sharma, Jyoti P. \u201cKothi Begam Samru: a tale of transformation in 19th-century Delhi.\u201d Marg, A Magazine of the Arts, 1 June 2010. Rpt. in The Free Library. Accessed 15 Jan 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cThis account by an East India Company officer tells of Begam Samru, an affluent and politically astute lady of rather ambiguous origins who lived in the 19th century. The account makes it amply clear that the Begam had cordial relations with the British who controlled Delhi and its outlying territories from 1803. Indeed, Lord Lake, the architect of the British victory over Delhi, was a frequent guest to the lavish entertainment soirees held at her residence there which were known for their splendid European style banquets, nautch <\/em>sessions, and fireworks displays.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article is available free online through The Free Library.  Abstract   \u201cThis account by an East India Company officer tells of Begam Samru, an affluent and politically astute lady of rather ambiguous origins who lived in the 19th century. The account makes it amply clear that the Begam had cordial relations with the British who controlled Delhi and Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65,61,53],"tags":[120,128,26,49],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-tawaifs","category-open-sourcefree-online","category-profiles","tag-begam-samru","tag-open-source-free","tag-secondary-source","tag-tawaif"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t