Zubeida Begum was the daughter of Qasembhai Mehta, a Bohra Muslim businessman, and Faiza Bai, a singer in Bombay.
A Shia Muslim by birth, Zubeida converted to Hinduism according to Arya Samaj rites to marry Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur, on 17 December 1950, in Bombay.
[1] She gave birth to the couple's son, Rao Raja Hukum Singh (also known as Tutu Bana), in Bombay on 2 August 1951.
[3] Zubeidaa was killed with her husband in an airplane accident on 26 January 1952 at Godwar, Rajasthan.
On 17 April 1981, Tutu was beheaded and found on the streets of Jodhpur.