PATAUDI (NON SALUTE
STATE )
Pataudi State was a small princely state in India, established in 1804 during the East India Company rule in India.
The state formed a
part of the Delhi Territory in the Ceded and Conquered Provinces. It was under the suzerainty of the
Commissioner of Delhi. The area of the State in 1931 AD was 135 Sq.Km. or 52 Square
Miles and population which included one
town, Pataudi, and 40 villages, ruled by the Pataudi family.
The state of 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 Second Anglo-Maratha War. The family traces their origin to 16th
century India, when their ancestors immigrated from present day Afghanistan to India during
the period of the Lodi dynasty.[1] The 8th
Nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, played cricket for both England and India
and captained the latter. His son the last Nawab also captained the Indian cricket team.
At the end of
the British
Raj and
with the political integration of India in 1948, the
princely state of Pataudi was absorbed into the new Dominion of India (later Republic of India). In 1971, by virtue
of the 26th amendment to the Constitution of India, the Government of India abolished all
official symbols of princely India, including titles,
privileges, and remuneration like privy purses.
Revenue
Stamps :--
Type-10
:- 1940-47, Size 18 x 23 mm. , Perf. 11
, Wove paper.
One Anna, Reddish Brown , Ref. # 101
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