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'''Kurwai''' |
'''Kurwai''' was the name of an erstwhile [[princely state]] of [[British India]], located in what is now the [[Vidisha]] district of the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in central [[India]]. The state was 368 sq km in area and in [[1892]] boasted a population of 24,631. The state, which came under British sovereignty in the early nineteenth century, was founded in [[1730]] by Mohammed Dalal Khan. His descendants ruled the state until [[June 15]] [[1948]], when the Nawab acceded to the Indian Government. Kurwai became part of the newly-created state of [[Madhya Bharat]], and was added to Vidisha District. Madhya Bharat was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]] on [[November 1]], [[1956]]. |
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Sarwar Ali Khan, son of the last Nawab of Kurwai, married Abida Sultan of [[Bhopal]], eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of the Nawab of [[Bhopal]]. They had one son named Shahryar Khan. Abida Sultan gave up her right to the throne of [[Bhopal]] and opted for Pakistan in [[1950]], eventually entering that country's Foreign service. Abida Sultan arrived in the newly created Pakistan when she was 37 and a mother of a young son. She was to spend the greater part of her life in Pakistan. She died in 2002. Shaharyar Khan was to become the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. If his mother had not given up her claim to the throne, Shaharyar Khan would have been the Nawab of Bhopal as well as the Nawab of Kurwai, since his father was the Nawab of Kurwai. |
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*[http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India2/kurwai.htm Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Kurwai] |
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*[http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/bhopal7.htm Genealogy of Abida Sultan, wife of the last ruling Nawab of Kurwai] |
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[[Category:Indian Princely States]] |
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Revision as of 03:44, 7 November 2005
Kurwai was the name of an erstwhile princely state of British India, located in what is now the Vidisha district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. The state was 368 sq km in area and in 1892 boasted a population of 24,631. The state, which came under British sovereignty in the early nineteenth century, was founded in 1730 by Mohammed Dalal Khan. His descendants ruled the state until June 15 1948, when the Nawab acceded to the Indian Government. Kurwai became part of the newly-created state of Madhya Bharat, and was added to Vidisha District. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956.
Sarwar Ali Khan, son of the last Nawab of Kurwai, married Abida Sultan of Bhopal, eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of the Nawab of Bhopal. They had one son named Shahryar Khan. Abida Sultan gave up her right to the throne of Bhopal and opted for Pakistan in 1950, eventually entering that country's Foreign service. Abida Sultan arrived in the newly created Pakistan when she was 37 and a mother of a young son. She was to spend the greater part of her life in Pakistan. She died in 2002. Shaharyar Khan was to become the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. If his mother had not given up her claim to the throne, Shaharyar Khan would have been the Nawab of Bhopal as well as the Nawab of Kurwai, since his father was the Nawab of Kurwai.