Pataudi family

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The Pataudi family is an Indian dynasty of Nawabs that also have been prominent in film and cricket. They are currently in show business and primarily working in India's Hindi film industry, commonly known as 'Bollywood'. They are also noted as the family of erstwhile nawabs of the former princely state of Pataudi, from which they take their name. Faiz Talab Khan, an ethnic Pashtun from the Barech tribe of Kandahar, Afghanistan, became the first Nawab of Pataudi State in 1804, after he aided the British East India Company in their battle against the Maratha Empire, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. His descendants subsequently ruled the state until 1949, when it was merged with East Punjab and acceded to Dominion of India. The Pataudis retained their titles and were granted privy purses until both were abolished by the Indian government in 1971. Some of the family members migrated to the newly formed Muslim-majority Dominion of Pakistan, including Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, who served as...

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