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Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
The term Nawab of Pataudi refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Pataudi State in Northern India. Pataudi was established in 1804 by the British East India Company, when Faiz Talab Khan, an Afghan Muslim Pashtun of the Barech tribe, who was made the first Nawab, aided them in their battle against the Maratha Empire, during the ...
The Nawab of Pataudi - later Mansur Ali Khan - was, arguably, India's greatest captain ever. Taking over the reins of the Indian team at the age of 21, barely months after being involved in a...
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was born Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, on January 5, 1941, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, to Iftikhar Ali Khan and Sajida Sultan. Mansoor’s grandfather, Hamidullah Khan, was the last ruling “Nawab” of Bhopal.
Nawab of Pataudi, remains one of India's greatest ever captains. He assumed the role of captaincy when he was just 21 and led in 40 of the 46 tests that he played in.
Jan 4, 2016 · Mansur Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, or “Tiger”, as he was known to everyone, was born January 5, 1941. Flamboyant with the willow, dynamic on the field, and a prince on and off the field,...
MANSUR ALI, THE NAWAB OF PATAUDI, who captained India in England last summer, inherited more than a princely title when he was born at Bhopal on January 5, 1941. Also handed down to him was a...
