Correct Answer - Option 3 : Eighth
The correct answer is Eighth.
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Shah Jahan Begum was the Eighth ruler of Bhopal.
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Shahjahan Begum was the Begum of Bhopal the ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in central India.
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Born in Islamnagar, near Bhopal, Shahjahan was the only surviving child of Sikandar Begum of Bhopal, sometime Nawab of Bhopal by correct title, and her husband Jahangir Mohammed Khan.
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She was recognised as the eighth ruler of Bhopal in 1844 at the age of six, her mother wielded power as regent during her minority.
- However, in 1860, her mother Sikandar Begum was recognised by the British as ruler of Bhopal in her own right, and Shahjahan was set aside.