Nawab of Pataudi, jun
| Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | |
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| Nawab of Pataudi Nawab of Bhopal |
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| Nawab of Pataudi | |
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Titular Pretend |
1952-1971 1971-2011 |
| Predecessor | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi |
| Successor | Saif Ali Khan (as pretender) |
| Nawab of Bhopal | |
| Pretender | 1995-2011 |
| Predecessor | Sajida Sultan |
| Successor | Saif Ali Khan (as pretender) |
| Born | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 5 January 1941 Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 22 September 2011 (aged 70) New Delhi, India |
| Burial | Pataudi, Haryana, India |
| Consort | Sharmila Tagore (Ayesha Sultana Khan) |
| Issue | Saif Ali Khan, Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan |
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Urdu Pashto |
منصور علی خان پتاڈی منصور علی خان پتاډي |
| House | Pataudi |
| Father | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi |
| Mother | Sajida Sultan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Occupation | Cricketer |
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| Nickname | Tiger Pataudi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Captain Indian Cricket Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan, Mansur Ali Khan, or M. A. K. Pataudi PS (5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011), 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. Made captain at the age of 21, he has been described as of "India's greatest cricket captain". Pataudi was also called the "best fielder in the world" during his time by commentator John Arlott and former England captain and contemporary Ted Dexter.
Born in Bhopal, Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan, himself a renowned cricketer. Educated at Minto Circle in Aligarh and Welham Boys' School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire (where he was coached by Frank Woolley), and Winchester College. He read 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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