INDIA, H.H. Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, Bhopal, a silver medal, unsigned, arms and supporters, rev. crown above jsb and Indian script in wreath, 38mm (Pudd. –). Suspension removed from edge, otherwise good very fine, rare £100-£150

Hajjah Nawab Begum Dame Sultan Jahan, GCSI, GCIE, Begum of Bhopal (1858-1930), succeeded her mother as Nawab Begum in 1901. An educational reformer, she established free and compulsory primary education in Bhopal in 1918 and helped pioneer widespread vaccination and sanitation programmes in the state. She abdicated in 1926