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Nawab [a] [b] is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the western title of Prince.The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. [1]
Pages in category "Nawabs of India" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. ... Amir Khan (Nawab of Tonk) Muhammad Ismail of Jaora;
The defeat of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Oudh, and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II at the Battle of Buxar in 1764 paved the way for British expansion across India. The South Indian Kingdom of Mysore led by Tipu Sultan overtook the Nawab of Bengal as the subcontinent's wealthiest monarchy; but this was short-lived and ended ...
Haryana, India Nawab Mirza Alauddin Ahmad Khan II (alias Parvez Mirza), Nawab of Loharu Malerkotla: Princely State Punjab, India Nawab Muhammad Iftikhar 'Ali Khan Bahadur (last nawab) Mandi: Princely State Himachal Pradesh, India Maj. Raja Sir JOGINDER SEN Bahadur Nabha: Princely State Punjab, India Sir Pratap Singh Sir Hira Singh: Patiala ...
The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh / ˈ aʊ d / was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty [1] [2] [3] of Sayyid origin [4] [5] from Nishapur, Iran.
The Nawabs of Bhopal were the Muslim rulers of Bhopal, now part of Madhya Pradesh, India.The nawabs first ruled under the Mughal Empire from 1707 to 1737, under the Maratha Confederacy from 1737 to 1818, then under British rule from 1818 to 1947, and independently thereafter until it was acceded to the Union of India in 1949.
In 1793, the British East India Company abolished Nizamat, i.e. local rule by Mughal emperor- appointed Nawabs and annexed Bengal. Sir John Shore 1793 – 1798; Richard Wellesley 1798 – 1805; Charles Cornwallis 1805 – 1805; Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet 1805 – 1807; Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto 1807 – 1813
The Pataudi family is an Indian show business family, primarily working in India's Hindi film industry, commonly known as 'Bollywood'. They are also noted as the family of erstwhile nawabs of the former princely state of Pataudi, from which they take their name. [1]