Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
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| Born | 6 January 1941 Bhopal, Bhopal State, Indian Empire (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
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| Died | 22 September 2011 (aged 70) New Delhi, India |
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| Nickname | Tiger Pataudi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Captain Indian Cricket Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mansoor Ali Khan or Mansur Ali Khan sometimes M. A. K. Pataudi (5 January 1941, Bhopal – 22 September 2011, New Delhi), nicknamed Tiger Pataudi, was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the titular Nawab of Pataudi from 1952 until 1971, when by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India the privy purses of the princes were abolished and official recognition of their titles came to an end. He has been described as "India’s greatest cricket captain". He was appointed captain of the Indian team at the age of 21 even though several other players were more experienced.
Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan, himself a renowned cricketer. He was born in Bhopal and educated at Minto Circle in Aligarh and then went to Welham Boys' School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire (where he was coached by Frank Woolley), and Winchester College. He learned Arabic and French at Balliol College, Oxford.
His father died while playing polo in Delhi on Mansoor's eleventh birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded as the ninth Nawab. Although the princely state of Pataudi had been merged with India after the end of the British Raj in 1947, he held the title until the entitlements were abolished by the Government of India through the 26th amendment to the constitution in 1971.
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