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'''Khadag Bahadur Malla''' (1853–1910) [[Pen name]], '''Lal''' was a [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] writer, poet, author and journalist and the king of [[Majhauli Raj]] of [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh|Deoria]] (Uttar Pradesh) in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Arjun|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya Ke Itihas|publisher=Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=148–149}}</ref> He has written ''Maharasa'' play which is the dramatic version of [[Bhagavata Purana]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland|year=1886|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> His another notable work is ''[[Sudhabund]]'', which is the collection of 60 [[Kajari]] songs and was published in 1884.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grierson|first=G.A.|title=Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. V, Part II|publisher=|year=1903|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

== Life ==
He was born in the ancient ''Vishwasen Dynasty'' in [[Majhauli Raj]] of [[Deoria district|Deoria]] in 1853.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiwari|first=Arjun|title=Media Samagra (Media : A Complete Overview)|publisher=Vani Prakshan|year=2020|isbn=978-9389012156|location=|pages=355}}</ref> He was the king of Majhauli Raj and he wrote many Bhojpuri poems in his life time. He died in 1910.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Upadhyay|first=Krishnadev|title=Bhojpuri Sahitya ka Itihas|publisher=Bhojpuri Loksanskriti Shodh Sansthan|year=1972|isbn=|location=Varansi|pages=256}}</ref>

== Works ==

* Bharat Aarat<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Adhunika Hindi natakom mem nayaka evam nayika ki parikalpana|publisher=Pragati Prakashan|year=1978|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>
*[[Sudhabund]]
* Maharasa
* Bharat Lalna
* Kalpvrikshya
* Lal Bhaye Diwana Bakat Aan ke Aan

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Deoria district]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from British India]]
[[Category:Journalists from British India]]
[[Category:Poets from British India]]
[[Category:1853 births]]
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