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Nawab Begum Sajida Sultan Ali Khan Pataudi (4 August 1915 – 5 September 1995) was the daughter of the Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, and the wife and Begum Consort of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi, and in her own right, the 12th Nawab Begum of Bhopal.
- Fringes of History
- ‘Magical Island’
- Balance of Power
Women and their assumption of political power have always been sidelined in Islamic history, though there is reason to believe that Aisha, the Prophet’s wife, had a role to play in the establishment of the first Islamic state. Razia Sultana’s brief reign as the Sultanah of Delhi in the 1200s and her killing demonstrated the near impossibility and l...
The first and foremost among them, Qudsia Begum, set the template of the ideal ruler. Spartan, and shunning jewellery, she refused to take loans and made sure that any money spent would be solely for education and philanthropy. As the British agent Lancelot Wilkinson in Bhopal noted: “She rides and walks about in public, and betrays her determinati...
The Begums carefully navigated the multiple demands of power by ingeniously playing around with tradition and modernity. They would sometimes opt to let go of the burkha and at times wear it to demonstrate a different modernity. In their writings, the Begums constantly acknowledged their mothers and grandmothers, paying obeisance to the strong wome...
- Priya Naik
Aug 10, 2019 · Sajida Sultan is the begum of 8 th Nawab of Pataudi and the captain of Indian National Cricketer Team for the tour to England in 1946, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. She was also the last titular of Bhopal. Personal Details. Name- Sajida Sultan.
Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal (1915 - 1995); ruled from (1960-1971), titular Begum of Bhopal until 1971 when India abolished royal entitlements through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.
Sajida Sultan (August 4, 1915 – September 5, 1995) was a Begum of Bhopal in her own right, and consort to a Nawab of Pataudi. Sajida was the second daughter of Nawab Hamidullah Khan, last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. She was the grand daughter of Begum Sultan Jahan, the fourth ruling queen of Bhopal.
- August 04, 1915
- Anilkumar Nair Puthalath
- September 05, 1995 (80)Pakistan
- Begum of Bhopal
Sajida Sultan, the last titular Begum of Bhopal Sultan Jahan Begum abdicated the throne to her son, Muhammad Hamid-ul-lah Khan. He was the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal, the state later merged with Madhya Pradesh in 1956.
Jun 18, 2024 · Sajida Sultan was married to Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of the royal family of Pataudi, a princely state near Delhi now located in Haryana. He was also the captain of the Indian national cricket team. When Sajida's father died in 1960, she became the 12th Nawab Begum of Bhopal.
