Nawab Bahadur Explained

Nawab Bahadur was a title of honour bestowed during Mughal Empire and later during British Raj to Indian Muslim individuals for faithful service or acts of public welfare.^[1]

Selected recipients

By Mughal Empire

• 1748: Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur (1695–1754), Chief Eunuch under Mughal Emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

By British Raj

• 1886: Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886–1967), ruler of Hyderabad during 1911–1948.
• 1887: Nawab Abdul Latif (1828–1893), Bengal reformer, was bestowed the title by Viceroy Lord Dufferin on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.^[2]
• 1892: Khwaja Ahsanullah (1846–1901) Nawab of Dhaka.
• 1896: Syed Walayet Ali Khan (1818–1899)^[3]
• 1903: Khwaja Salimullah (1871–1915), Nawab of Dhaka.^[4]
• 1924: Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury (1863–1929), Bengali aristocrat, politician, and philanthropist.^[5]
• Bahadur Yar Jung (1905–1944), Hyderabadi politician.

See also

• Baghatur
• Nawab
• Rao Bahadur

Notes and References

1. Order of the Star of India. Sirajul Islam.
2. Web site: Islam . K. Z. . 2012-07-11 . Nawab Bahadur Abdul Latif . 2022-06-24 . The Daily Star . en.
3. Book: Bradley-Birt, Francis Bradley . Twelve Men of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century . 1910 . S. K. Lahiri & Company . en.
4. Salimullah, Khwaja. Mohammad Alamgir.
5. Chowdhury, Nawab Ali. Muhammad Abdus Salam.