Polity Bhopal State

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Was an Indian polity located in the modern-day Indian State of Gujarat.

Establishment

  • January 1708: Bhopal State was founded in 1707 CE by Dost Mohammad Khan, a Pashtun soldier in the Mughal army, who became a mercenary after the Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb's death and annexed several territories to his fiefdom.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1724: It came under the suzerainty of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1723 shortly after its foundation.

Selected Sources

  • Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 125 retrieved on https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/