Hamidullah Khan

Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Hamidullah Khan was the last ruling Nawab of the princely salute state of Bhopal. He ruled from 1926 when his mother, Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum, abdicated in his favor, until 1949 and held the honorific title until his death in 1960. A delegate to the Round Table Conference in London, he served as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes from 1944–1947, when India became independent. He was the 3rd and last (only surviving) son of Begum Sultan Jahan, ascending the throne on 9th June 1926. He was the first male ruler of Bhopal in five generations.