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| | Nawab - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | With the decline of that empire the title, and the powers that went with it, became hereditary in the ruling families in the various provinces. |
 | | Under later British rule, Muslim Nawabs continued to rule various princely states of Awadh, Bahawalpur, Baoni, Banganapalle, Bhopal, Cambay, Jaora, Junagadh, Kalabagh, Kurnool, Kurwai, Palanpur (Pakistan), Pataudi, Rampur, Sachin and Tonk. |
 | | Other former rulers bearing the title, such as the Nawabs of Bengal, had been dispossessed by the British or others by the time the Mughal dynasty finally ended in 1857. |
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