Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an independent state of 18th century India, a princely salute state in a subsidiary alliance with British India from 1818 to 1947, and an independent country from 1947 to 1949. Islamnagar served as the State's first capital, which was later shifted to the city of Bhopal.
The state was founded by an Afghan Mughal soldier, Dost Mohammad Khan, who became a mercenary after the Emperor Aurangzeb's death and annexed several territories to his feudal territory. Bhopal State accepted the suzerainty of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1724, and later became a British protectorate in 1818. Bhopal was the second largest Muslim state in pre-independence India, after Hyderabad. The state was merged into the Union of India in 1949 as Bhopal.
Read more about Bhopal State: Establishment, Early Rulers, The Rule of The Begums, After Indian Independence, List of Rulers of Bhopal
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