NAWAB OF PATAUDI
Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
Pataudi was appointed India's cricket captain at the age of 21, and described as "one of (its) greatest". Pataudi was also called the "best fielder in the world" of his time by commentator John Arlott and former England captain and contemporary, Ted Dexter.
Mansur Ali Khan was the son of the final monarch of the princely state of Pataudi during the British Raj, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Pataudi succeeded his father in receiving a privy purse, some rights, and the use of the title "Nawab of Pataudi" under terms accepted previously when princely kingdoms were integrated into independent India. All of this, however, came to a stop in 1971 with the 26th Amendment to the Indian Constitution. In 2001, he was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest distinction conferred by the BCCI on a retired player.
Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (also known as Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi; 5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011; nicknamed Tiger Pataudi) was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
Pataudi was appointed India's cricket captain at the age of 21, and described as "one of (its) greatest". Pataudi was also called the "best fielder in the world" of his time by commentator John Arlott and former England captain and contemporary, Ted Dexter.
Mansur Ali Khan was the son of the final monarch of the princely state of Pataudi during the British Raj, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Pataudi succeeded his father in receiving a privy purse, some rights, and the use of the title "Nawab of Pataudi" under terms accepted previously when princely kingdoms were integrated into independent India. All of this, however, came to a stop in 1971 with the 26th Amendment to the Indian Constitution. In 2001, he was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest distinction conferred by the BCCI on a retired player.
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