he was made the head of seven thousand horsemen with the title of Raja e Rajagan from Nawab Nasir ud dawlah. After the death of Monir-ul-Mulk in 1833, Chandu Lal succeeded him as a prime minister. Prime minister Chandu Lal was made prime minister of Hyderabad Deccan twice. First in the year 1808 then in 1832 AD and he held the office until 1843 AD. Poet Chandu Lal (who used the pen name "Sadan") as a learned man, was a patron of Urdu poetry and literature. His patronship attracted Urdu poets to his court. He even invited poets from Northern India like Zauq and Baksh Nasikh from Delhi to Hyderabad State but they couldn't turn up for some reasons. Despite the responsibility of his prime ministerial office he used to regularly organize and attend Mushaira. See also Vitthal Sundar Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State References People from Hyderabad State Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State Indian Hindus 1845 deaths 1766 births People from Raebareli 18th-century male writers Urdu-language poets from India Poets from Uttar Pradesh 18th-century Indian poets 19th-century Indian poets Indian male poets