Chandu Lal
Chandu Lal | |
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Painting of Chandu Lal of Hyderabad State, by John Godwin Williams, ca.1836 | |
| Prime Minister of Hyderabad | |
| In office 1833–1844 | |
| Monarch | Sikandar Jah |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 15 April 1845 |
Chandu Lal Malhotra (1766 – 15 April 1845), better known as Maharaja Chandu Lal was the Prime Minister (1833–1844) for the 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad, Sikandar Jah. He was born in Hyderabad Deccan (now Hyderabad, India), and hailed from a Hindu family of the Khatri caste with origins in Lahore. He was also a poet of Urdu, Hyderabadi, Punjabi and Persian.