Lal Khadag Bahadur Malla


Khadag Bahadur Malla Pen name, Lal was a Bhojpuri writer, poet, author and journalist and the king of Majhauli Raj of Deoria, [Uttar Pradesh|Deoria] in the United Provinces of [Agra and Oudh]. He has written Maharasa play which is the dramatic version of Bhagavata Purana. His another notable work is Sudhabund, which is the collection of 60 Kajari songs and was published in 1884.

Life

He was born in the ancient Vishwasen Dynasty in Majhauli Raj of Deoria in 1853. He was the king of Majhauli Raj and he wrote many Bhojpuri poems in his life time. He died in 1910.

Works