ANARKALI WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A HORSEMAN. SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND SALIM, EMPEROR AKBAR'S SON , SALIM FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.HER TRUE NAME WAS MUMTAZ. BUT SHE WAS GIVEN THE NAME ANARKALI DUE TO HER CHERRY BUD FACE BEAUTY. ANAAR MEANS POMEGRANATE KALI- IS ITS RED BUD.SHE CAME TO BE KNOW N FOR THE LEGENDARY STORY WHERE SHE WAS BURIED ALIVE INA TOWER AND SHE DIED OF ASPHYXIATION. NOT MUCH IS THERE IN THE RECORDS OF HISTORY ABOUT HER.
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