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From: akshay chavan <>
Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Murshidabad?
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <BAY122-DAV1088F4F23B1B7C2C84BDF4C3A50@phx.gbl>


Hi
I too would like more info on the last nawab of
Murshidabad. What happened to the last descendant? Why
were they not treated same as the nawab of arcot?

Regards
Akshay

--- Epicure <> wrote:

> Could anyone throw some light on the fact that after
> the defeat of Nawab of
> Murshidabad in the battle of Palasy, by the
> re-inforced forces of Gen.
> Clive, why didn't the East India Company annex the
> territory of Murshidabad,
> as the British did in Punjab, after taking away
> Duleep Singh to England?
>
> I was told that the progeny last Nawab, out of a
> Jewish wife left for
> England after his death. All othes barring one
> nephew left for the then East
> Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The Nephew, now known as
> Chhote Nawab, works as a
> lowely paid clerk in a West Bengal Govt. office,
> which is housed in the
> very residence of the earstwhile Nawab.
> Chhote Nawab, who had spent good 14 years of his
> childhood in the same
> residence and played in the 'hazar dwari' (meaning
> consisting 1000 doors)
> palace, now lives in what used to be a stable of his
> horses. I met Chhote
> Nawab about two years back, while making a film on
> the Hazar Dwari Palace in
> Murshidabad.
>
> Does anyone know of any other decendents of the
> Nawab of Murshidabad?
>
> Best Wishes!
> SHYAM
>
>
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