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Chand Bibi AUTHOR: Amar Chitra Katha Comic Book DESCRIPTION: The story of Chand Bibi is imprinted on the Indian mind as an example of all that is noble and brave in the human spirit. Burhan-ul-Mulk, its ruler, having gained the throne with the aid of Akbar, spurned that great Mughal king and asserted his independence. When he died, he left behind a weak and divided kingdom. Into this turbulent scene entered a woman who was to make a sharp impact on history. The woman was Chand Bibi, Burhan-ul-Mulks sister. After her husbands death, being childless, she returned to Ahmednagar to train her nephew Prince Bahadur, in the ways of kingship. With the untimely death of her brother, she chose to take the reins of government into her own hands on behalf of Prince Bahadur and showed herself more than equal to the task.