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The Nawab of Atrauli, also known as Nawab of Atrauli, and Atrauli State, was located in north-eastern historic region of Atrauli and was ruled by the Sheikhzada clan.

Atrauli State was a Large princely state in India, established in 1857 by 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. It had an area of 315.79 square miles and included one town, Atrauli, and 241 villages, ruled by the Sheikhzada family.

History

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The term Nawab of Atrauli refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Atrauli State in North- Eastern India. Atrauli was established in 1857 by the British East India Company, when Muhammad Ali, an Saudi Arabia Muslim Banu Taym of the Arab tribe, who was made the first Nawab. The family traces their origin to 16th century India, when their ancestors immigrated from present-day Saudi Arabia to india during the Mughal Empire.

At the end of the British Raj and with the political integration of India in 1948, the princely state of Atrauli 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 (privy purses).[1]

SIKRI

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It belongs to a good family of Sheikhzada's, who have resided here for a long time. Many of them have been and are in Government Service, and one of them, Muhammad Ali, was the First Native Joint Magistrate in these Provinces, being Appointed to that Post in 1857, when he was sent to Atrauli in Aligarh, Where he was killed by the rebels.[2]

List of rulers

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All rulers bore the title of Nawab.The list of rulers and titular rulers are as follows:

Rulers

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  • Nawab Muhammad Ali (b.1821-d.1857)
  • Nawab Haji Muhammad Muzammil-Ullah Khan (b.1857-d.1898)
  • Nawab Habib-Ur-Rahman Khan (b.1898-d.1917)

He merged Atrauli State in Union of India in the year 1949 .

Titular rulers

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He merged Atrauli State in Union of India in the year 1948.(Just as titular nawab after merging with India).

  • Nawab Muhammad Mansoor Ali

Other family members

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Atrauli Residency

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See also:United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

The Atrauli Residency was established in the year 1821. It included the states of Atrauli, Pargana and an estate of Pargana. The latter had belonged to the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

See also

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Notes

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  1. In 1948, after India's independence and the state's accession to the Dominion of India under terms agreed to during the Political integration of India, Nawab Muhammad Mansoor Ali was granted a privy purse, certain privileges, and the use of the title Nawab of Atrauli by the Government of India.

References

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  1. ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
  2. ^ H R Nevill (1920). Muzaffarnagar A Gazetteer District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh Vol Iii.