| Lal Khadag Bahadur Malla | |
| Birth Place: | Majhauli Raj, Oudh State, British India |
| Baptised: | 1853 |
| Era: | British Raj |
Khadag Bahadur Malla (1853–1910) Pen name, Lal was a Bhojpuri writer, poet, author and journalist and the king of Majhauli Raj of Deoria (Uttar Pradesh) in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.[1] He has written Maharasa play which is the dramatic version of Bhagavata Purana.[2] His another notable work is Sudhabund, which is the collection of 60 Kajari songs and was published in 1884.[3]
He was born in the ancient Vishwasen Dynasty in Majhauli Raj of Deoria in 1853.[4] He was the king of Majhauli Raj and he wrote many Bhojpuri poems in his life time. He died in 1910.[5]