Srinagar, Nov. 3 -- In the long and arduous struggle against colonial rule, Muslim women stood as quiet flames of courage and resolve. From the defiant stand of Begum Hazrat Mahal in 1857, stepped beyond the walls of tradition to join the March of history. Drawing strength from a heritage that remembered Razia Sultana and Sultana Chand Bibi, they wrote, spoke, organised and endured, proving that the quest for independence was as much their fight as it was the Nation's. BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL ( 1820- 1879) The Queen of Awadh became a legendary figure in the revolt of 1857, when her brother, Nawab Wajid Ali was exiled by the British, she took the command of the rebellion in Lucknow. With remarkable courage and military strategy, she organised f...