Who Is Nawab Of Pataudi. The Pataudi family is an Indian dynasty of nawabs of the former princely state of Pataudi from which they take their name. Pataudi 16 March 1910 5 January 1952 was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and the captain of the India national cricket team for the tour to England in 1946.
His son Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi the 9th Nawab also captained the Indian cricket team and has been described as one of Indias greatest cricket captainsThe 10th and the current Nawab of Pataudi is actor Saif Ali KhanThe Nawab title does not exist in practice anymore as all Nawabis have been abolished. Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi also known as Mansur Ali Khan or M. Ibrahim Ali Khan will be anointed as the 11th Nawab of Pataudi.
According to media reports Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi has left huge share of his assets to his only son Saif.
But the actor who now owns his ancestral palace in Pataudi revealed that he had to earn the palace back after it got rented to a hotel chain after his father died. Mohamed Mansur Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan eighth Nawab of Pataudi and his wife Sajida Sultan second daughter of the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. He assumed the role of captaincy when he was just 21 and led in 40 of the 46 tests that he played in. Saif Ali Khan the current Nawab of Pataudi has a huge ancestral property in his name in Pataudi.