Mahlaqa Chanda was a poet, singer and warrior who was also the first woman to publish a collection of Urdu poetry (called diwan). In addition to sponsoring a chronicle of history, she also established a cultural training centre for over 300 girls.
**Mahlaqa Chanda had already compiled her first collection of poetry and attained fame when legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib was just a year old.
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Few asha’aar of this poetess:
ham se kare hai yaar bayaaN apnii chaah kaa
haazir haiN ham bhii gar ho iraada nibaah kaa
rukhsat bosa diya paan chabaa ke zaalim
apnii qismat meN magar thaa ye hijaab-e-yaaqut