Nawab Bahadur
Royal title in the Indian subcontinent
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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 the Mughal Empire:
- 1748: Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur (1695–1754), Chief Eunuch under Mughal Emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
By the 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]: 214
- 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.