| Nawab of Bhopal | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Creation date | 1707 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First holder | Dost Mohammad Khan (1707–1728) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last holder | Hamidullah Khan (1926–1949) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Title abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extinction date | 1 June 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2] The female nawabs of Bhopal held the title Nawab Begum of Bhopal.[3]
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- ^ Śāha, Aśoka; Subherwal, Gita (2011). Vintage Bhopal. Bhopal: Archaeology, Archives, and Museums, Government of Madhya Pradesh. p. 188. ISBN 9788189660161.
- ^ Birdwood, George (25 November 1876). "Kaisar-i-Hind". The Athenaeum (2562). London: John Francis: 723.