JAYA PRADA

Date of Birth 3 April 1962, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Birth Name : Lalita Rani,
Heigh 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Jayaprada was born as Lalita Rani in a middle class household to Krishna and Neelavani in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh on April 3, 1962. She was a small town girl with dreams of becoming a doctor. Her mother enrolled her in dance and music classes when she was seven years old, in addition to going to a regular school. Even though, her father and uncle were film financiers, her initial break into films didn't come through them. She was discovered dancing on stage at a school function when she was just fourteen years old. Character actor Prabhakar Reddy gave her the name of Jayaprada and introduced her in a three minute song in the Telugu film, “Bhoomi Kosam” (1976). That immediately led her to a longer role in Naaku Swatantram's “Vachindhi” (1976). The floodgates opened. Major film directors, such as Bapu, K. Vishwanath and K.Balachandra, approached her with quality projects. She immediately became a huge star in Telugu films playing the title role in the big-budget “Seeta Kalyanam” (1976) and “Antuleeni Katha” (1976). But it was her dancing skills and nuanced acting style as a mute girl that made K. Vishwanath's “Siri Siri Muvva” (1976) into a timeless classic. It would also be her passport into Hindi films as K. Vishwanath remade it into “Sargam” (1979) and made her a overnight star in Bollywood as well. She earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for the film, and it would become one of her favorite films. She stalled on doing more Hindi films for two years as she wasn't fluent in the language. But she became fluent in Hindi, as well as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali, and had hit films in all these languages. She endeared audiences with her sincere portrayal of Amitabh Bachchan's girlfriend in her next favorite film “Sharabi” (1984), which became another big hit and earned her second Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. K. Vishwanath directed her to her third Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for her other favorite film “Sanjog” (1985). But some of her best performances would go unrewarded. In the Telugu film directed by K.Balachander, “47 Rojulu” (1981) showed Jayaprada as a innocent girl duped by her husband in Paris, France, and her struggle to escape from him. But in Hindi films, she usually played the traditionally dressed, docile, obedient wife, and while that image led to hit films, it also eventually tired her audiences. She also seemed bored and indifferent with no new challenges ahead as she had already made her other favorite films: the Hindi films “Sur Sangam” (1985) and “Tohfa” (1984), the Telugu film “Sagara Sangamam” (1983), the Kannada films “Sanadi Appanna” (1977) and “Kavi Ratna Kalidasa” (1983). The only excitement came from her personal life when she met her husband film producer Srikant Nahata. They started out as friends as he was already a married man with children. But it turned into love when he stood by her because of her income tax problems. She was branded the “other woman,” especially since Nahata wouldn't leave his wife. So she ended up marrying him in 1986, and he has continued to be married to both women. In 1994, she also became a politician by joining the Telugu Desam Party. A few years later, a rift developed with the political party and she was deeply hurt when she was no longer in the party. She also didn't have any major films lined up. But she kept up with her many social and humanitarian causes, especially related to poor women and children. She also became tough and strong and forged on ahead by joining a different political party in a different state, Uttar Pradesh. She won the election with the slogan line, “Andhra is my janambhoomi but Uttar Pradesh is my karmbhoomi.” She also started making films playing stronger, mature roles. In “Deh,” she played an older woman having an affair with a much younger man. She also wrote and directed “Class Medal,” a Telugu film that starred her sister's son Siddharth and produced by her brother Rajababu. She didn't forget her first love, dancing, and did a dance ballet in 2005 that won her great acclaim. Having three careers (acting, dancing, politics), and a husband, left her no time to have children of her own, even though she has expressed a desire to have children. So far, she has shown no desire to give up her three careers and in fact, stated that she'll be as hardworking and dedicated in the future as she is now.

BEGUM NOORBANO

[FORMER M.P. (LOK SABHA)

RAMPUR (UTTAR PRADESH)]

Father's Name Nawab Aminuddin Ahmad Khan of Loharu

Mother's Name Smt. Shaukat Jehan Begum

Date of Birth 11 November 1939

Place of Birth Loharu, Distt. Bhiwani (Haryana)

Marital Status Married

Date of Marriage 2 June 1956

Spouse's Name Late Nawab Zulfiquar Ali Khan of Rampur

No. of Sons One

No. of Daughters Two

Educational Senior Cambridge
Qualifications Educated at M.G.D. Girls Public School, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Profession Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address Noor Mahal, Civil Lines, Rampur-244 901
(Uttar Pradesh)
Tels. (0595) 351133, 351044

Present Address "Rampur House", 19-B, Friends Colony West,
New Delhi-110 065
Tels. (011) 6837650, 6824802
Fax. (011) 6845606
E-mail. begumnoorbano@hotmail.com
Positions Held

1992 onwards Member, All India Congress Committee

1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1996-97 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

1996-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Commerce

2000 onwards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Social and Cultural Activities

Patron, (i) Naine Devi Foundation (Music); and (ii) Rampur Gharana (Music)

Special Interests

Interested in doing research on historical and cultural Persian and Arabic books and documents
and Environmental Protection and Nature Conservation

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading, music, painting, gardening and travelling

Sports and Clubs

Tennis and swimming; Member of several clubs in various cities of India

Countries Visited

Europe, Middle East, Pakistan, U.S.A.; accompanied husband late Nawab Zulfiquar Ali Khan
(Member, Lok Sabha) to United Nations

Other Information

Member, (i) Central Wakf Council, Ministry of Welfare, 1993; (ii) National Integration Council,
Uttar Pradesh, 1993; (iii) Maulana Azad Foundation, 1995-96; (iv) Court of the Aligarh Muslim
University, 1996; (v) Informal Consultation Committee for Railway Zone (U.P.), 1996-97; (vi)
Nainital Telephone Advisory Committee, 1996-97; and (vii) Rampur Raza Library Board, 1997;
Chairperson, (i) State Social Welfare Advisory Board, 1993; (ii) U.P. Mahila Samaj Kalyan
Board, 1994-95; Convenor, U.P. Members of Parliamentary Group of India Congress, 1996;
former ruler

Rampur is a city and a municipal board located in the Rampur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Rampur is located at Longitude 78-0-54 & 69-0-28 East and Latitude 28-25 & 29-10 North and spans area of 2367 km². According to Government of India, the district Rampur is one of the Minority Concentrated District in India on the basis of the 2001 census data on population, socio-economic indicators and basic amenities indicators^. It also gave its name to a former princely state of British India, once ruled by a Muslim Nawab from the Afghan Rohilla tribe. It was incorporated into the state of Uttar Pradesh in 1949. The region around Rampur and Bareilly still has a substantial population of Pashtuns.

History : The Royals of Rampur (the Nawabs) sided with the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and this enabled them to continue to play a role in the social, political and cultural life of South Asia in general and the Muslims of South Asia in particular. They gave refuge to some of the literary figures from the Court of Bahadur Shah Zafar. The family continues to be significant. Important members include Sahabzada Yaqub Khan and Congress leader Begum Noor Bano (aka Mahatab Zamani), the widow of the former Nawab, Zulfiquar Ali Khan of Rampur (aka Mickey Mian).

In the medieval period Rampur was usually controlled by the current ruler of Delhi, and was divided between Badayun and Sambhal districts. Being situated in the Northern part of Rohilkhand, it was known by the name of Kather and was ruled by Katheria Rajputs. The Katheria Rajputs fought for about 400 years with the rulers of Delhi and later with the Mughals. They fought against Nasiruddin Mahmud in 1253, Ghiyasuddin Balban in 1256, Jalaluddin Firoz in 1290, Firoz Shah in 1379 and Sikander Lodhi in 1494. In 1623 two Afghan brothers of the Rohilla tribe, Shah Alam and Husain Khan, settled here and founded a small state, bringing with them many other Pashtun settlers. Ali Muhammad Khan, grandson of Shah Alam, united the Rohillas between 1707 and 1720, making Bareilly his capital. His uncle, Hafiz Rahmat Khan, who succeeded him, extended his power from Almora in the North to Etawah in the South-West.The Rohilla War of 1774-5 began when the Rohillas reneged on a debt they owed the Nawab of Oudh for military assistance against the Marathas in 1772. The Rohillas were defeated and driven from their former capital of Bareilly by the Nawab of Oudh with the assistance of the East India Company’s troops. The Rohilla State of Rampur was established by Nawab Faizullah Khan on October 7, 1774 in the presence of British Commander Colonel Champion, and remained a pliant state under British protection thereafter.

The first stone of the new Fort at Rampur was laid in 1775 by Nawab Faizullah Khan. Originally it was a group of four villages named Kather, the name of Raja Ram Singh. The first Nawab proposed to rename the city ‘Faizabad’. But many other places were known by the name Faizabad so its name was changed to Mustafabad Alias RAMPUR. Nawwab Faizullah Khan ruled for 20 years. He was a great patron of scholarship, and began the collection of Arabic, Persian, Turki and Urdu manuscripts which now make up the holdings of the Rampur Raza Library. After his death his son Muhammad Ali Khan took over, but he was killed by the Rohilla leaders after 24 days, and Ghulam Muhammad Khan, the brother of the deceased, was proclaimed Nawab. The East India Company took exception to this, and after a reign of just 3 months and 22 days Ghulam Muhammad Khan was defeated by its forces, and the Governor-General made Ahmad Ali Khan, son of the late Muhammad Ali Khan, the new Nawab. He ruled for 44 years. He did not have any sons, so Muhammad Sa’id Khan, son of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, took over as the new Nawab. He raised a regular Army, established Courts and carried out many works to improve the economic conditions of farmers. His son Muhammad Yusuf Ali Khan took over after his death. His son Kalb Ali Khan became the new Nawab after his death in 1865.

Nawab Kalb Ali Khan was literate in Arabic and Persian. Under his rule the state did much work to uplift standards of education. He was also a Member of Council during the Viceroyalty of Lord John Lawrence. He built the Jama Masjid in Rampur at a cost of Rs. 3 Lakhs. He was also knighted in Agra by the Prince of Wales. He ruled for 22 years and 7 months. After his death his son Mushtaq Ali Khan took over. He appointed W. C. Wright as the Chief Engineer of the estate. He built many new buildings and canals. Nawab Hamid Ali became the new ruler in 1889 at the age of 14. Many new schools were opened during his reign, and lots of donations were provided to nearby colleges. He donated Rs. 50,000 to Lucknow Medical College. In 1905 he built the magnificent Darbar Hall within the Fort which now houses the great collection of Oriental manuscripts held by the Rampur Raza Library. His son Raza Ali Khan became the last ruling Nawab in 1930. On July 1, 1949 the State of Rampur was merged into the Republic of India. Rampur today presents a slightly decayed appearance: the palaces of the Nawabs are crumbling, as are the gates and walls of the fort. However, the Library remains a flourishing institution of immense value to scholars from all over the world.

More recently Murtaza Ali Khan and Mikki Mia, who continued to use the title of Nawab as a token, but who never ruled Rampur, are now dead. It is an interesting historical fact that Murtaza Ali contested an election from Rampur opposite his own mother Rafat Jamani Begum in 1972 and won. Although the two brothers were always political rivals they never faced each other in elections. Subsequently, the family was also involved in smuggling scandals involving some smuggling from Pakistan, where one of the sons of Murtaza Ali was married. Raza Inter College, Hamid Inter College and Murtaza Inter College are three higher secondary schools named after three nawabs.

Prof. Ravindra Khattree, renowned academic statistician, spent some of his early years at Rampur and studied ar Murtaza Inter College and Raza Inter College.

Rulers of Rampur I. Nawab Faizullah Ali Khan Bahadur (May 1734-24 July 1793) Received Rampur in 1748; ruled 1748-24 July 1793. II. Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur (1750-20 September 1794) r. 24 July-11 August 1793. III. Nawab Haj Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur (11 July 1763-1828) r. 11 August 1793-24 October 1794. IV. Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur (12 October 1787-5 July 1840) r. 24 October 1794-5 July 1840. V. Nawab Muhammad Said Khan Bahadur (19 May 1786-1 April 1855) r. 5 July 1840-1 April 1855. VI. Nawab Sir Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur, KSI (5 March 1816-21 April 1865) r. 1 April 1855-21 April 1865. VII. Haj Nawab Sir Kalb Ali Khan Bahadur, GCSI, CIE, Kaiser-i-Hind (1834-23 March 1887) r. 21 April 1865-23 March 1887). VIII. Nawab Muhammad Mushtaq Ali Khan Bahadur, Kaiser-i-Hind (1856-25 February 1889) r. 23 March 1887-25 February 1889. IX. Major-General Nawab Sayyid Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO (31 August 1875-20 June 1930) r. 25 February 1889-20 June 1930. X. Major-General Nawab Sayyid Sir Raza Ali Khan Bahadur, GCIE, KCSI (17 November 1908-6 March 1966) r. 20 June 1930-6 March 1966. Last reigning Nawab. XI. Brigadier Nawab Sayyid Murtaza Ali Khan Bahadur, MBE (22 November 1923-8 February 1982) r. 6 March 1966-8 February 1982. Derecognised as Nawab in 1971. XII. Major Nawab Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur (11 March 1933-5 April 1992) r. 8 February 1982-5 April 1992. XIII. Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Qasim Ali Khan Bahadur (16 October 1960- ) r. 5 April 1992-.

The Rampur Raza Library is a treasure house of Indo Islamic learning and Art. It was founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan in 1774 AD. His descendants continued to enrich the collection. After the independence and merger of Rampur State in the Union of India, the library was brought under the management of a Trust till the Govt. of India took over the library on 1st July 1975 under the Act of Parliament which declared it as an institution of National importance. Its affairs are managed by the Rampur Raza Library Board whose Chairman is H.E. Governor of U.P.

RAMPUR

(Princely State)

(15 gun salute)

AREA: 2,310 km2

PRIVY PURSE: 700,000R

ACCESSION: 1st December 1949

STATE: Uttar Pradesh

DYNASTY: Barecha Rohilla

RELIGION: Muslim (Shia)

POPULATION: 477,042 (1941)

REVENUE: 1,220,000Rs

PRESENT RULER: HH Nawab Syed MOHAMMAD KAZIM ALI KHAN Sahib aka Navaid Mian (1992/-) (1-5, Maharani Bagh, Ground Floor, New Delhi-110065, Indiaborn 16th October 1960 in Rampur, Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh college of Architecture, India; Masters degree in Architecture & Urban Design from Columbia University, New York, USA in May 1988; Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India twice, in October 1996 and February 2002, Member of the Rampur Raza Library Board 1993/2002, Minister of Minority Welfare & Haj, Government of Uttar Pradesh from February to September 2003, Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Corporation since October 2003, married 28th December 1987 in Bangalore, Nawabzadi Yaseen Sultan Jehan Saheba (Firdaus Zamani Begum Saheba), born 27th March 1968 in Hyderabad, India (daughter of HH Nawab Abdul Rasheed Khan Bahadur of Savanur and Anjum Sultana) and has issue.

· Nawabzada Syed Ali Mohammad Khan aka Kaivaan Mian, born 16th February 1989.

· Nawabzada Syed Haider Ali Khan aka Hamzah Mian, born 19th March 1990.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1719. Rulers were…

· Nawabzada Syed Abdullah Khan

· Nawab Syed FAIZULLAH KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Saadullah Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Muhammed Yar Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Allah Yar Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Murtaza Khan

· Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Hasan Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Fateh Ali Khan

· Nawab Syed GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Nazim Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Yaqub Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Qasim Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Karimullah Ali Khan

· Nawab Syed AHMAD ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD SAID ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzadi Shamsa Tajdar Begum

· Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD YUSUF ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Kazim Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Kalbey Hasan Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Mubarak Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Safdar Ali Khan

· Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD KALBEY ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Haider Ali Khan, married and had issue.

· Nawabzada Syed Chhamman Khan Saheb

· Nawabzada Syed Mahmud Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Zamal Abidin Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Bandey Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Akbar Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Zulfiquar Ali Khan

· Nawab Syed MUHAMMED MUSHTAQ ALI KHAN (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Sabir Ali Khan

· Col. HH Alijah Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Syed MUHAMMAD HAMID ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid Jang (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Nasir Ali Khan, born 1883, married 24th November 1909 in London, Dolly Parnell, and had issue, one daughter.

· Nawabzada Syed Hasan Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Husain Ali Khan

· Maj.Gen. HH Farzand-i-Dilpizir-Daulat-i-Englishia Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Dr. Sir Syed MUHAMMAD RAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur Mustaid Jang (qv)

· Nawabzada Syed Jafar Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Abdul Karim Khan

· HH Nawab Syed MUHAMMAD MURTAZA ALI KHAN Bahadur (qv)

· HH Nawab Syed ZULFIQUAR ALI KHAN Sahib (aka Mickey Miyan) (qv)

· Nawabzadi Syeda Khurshid Laqa Begum, married Prof. Syed NURUL HASAN, son of Syed Abdul Hasan, born 26th December 1921, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford); Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London; Member of the Rajya Sabha 1968/1978, Union Minister of State, Minister of Education, Social Welfare and Culture 1971, Ambassador to the U.S.S.R, Governor of West Bengal and Orissa, died 12th July 1993 in Calcutta, India. She died 16 June 1967.

· Sirajul Hasan

· Talat Fatima Hasan, married Hasan Kamil, and has issue.

· Minal Fatima Hasan

· Saima Fatima Hasan

· Nawabzadi Syeda Birjees Laqa Begum

· Nawabzadi Syeda Kamar Laqa Begum

· Nawabzadi Syeda Akhtar Laqa Begum

· Nawabzadi Syeda Naheeda Laqa Begum

· Nawabzadi Syeda Mehrunissa Begum

· Nawabzada Syed Abil Ali Khan, married Gisela Maria Ledschbor, and had issue. He died 8th July 1968.

· Syed Raza Andrew Ali Khan

· Syed Nadeem Ali Khan

· Nawabzada Syed Youcef Ali Khan, married Rosalind Jones, and has issue.

· Roland Wood, born 26th September 1976, married 6th October 2007, Alison (Wood), and has issue.

· Ethan Thomas Wood

· Nawabzada Syed Muhammed Ali Khan, married 1stly, Jeana Pache (an American nurse), married 2ndly, Maria (Mexican dancer), married 3rdly, 22nd October 1999, Jeeva Varghese (Goan retaurant owner) (Firdaus Zamani Begum) and has issue.

· Syeda Zahra Ali Khan, born 5th August 2000

· Syed Akbar Ali Khan, born 30th November 2001

· Nawabzadi Syeda Murtazi Begum

· HH Nawab Syed MOHAMMAD KAZIM ALI KHAN Sahib (qv)

· Nawabzadi Syeda Saman Ali Khan (Syeda Kaneez-e-Rabab), born 17th November 1957.

· Nawabzadi Syeda Saba Ali Khan (Syeda Kaneez-e-Sheharbano), born 2nd February 1959, married Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, son of the late Fakhruddin Ahmed Khan, President of India and Begum Abida Ahmed of · Loharu, Member of Parliament 1987/1991, and has issue.

· Sahibzadi Mahira Ahmed

· Sahibzada Zulnoor Ali Ahmed