History of Bhopal

Bhopal State ke founder Dost Mohammad Khan the. Dost Mohammad Khan(1672-1728), Mughal Sena mein ek afghan sainik tha, Aurangjeb ki death(1707A.D.) ke baad, Mughal Empire ke Bantwaare ke baad Malwa region mein local rajao ko monarchy di gayi. Dost Mohammad Khan ne 1709 A.D. mein Berasia sampatti ko lease par le liya. Baad mein usne aas-paas ke kshetra par kabja kar liya.

1720 A.D. ke dauran, Usne vilaage Bhopal ko City mein badalna shuru kar diya aur khud ko Bhopal ka Nawab declare kiya.

1728 A.D. mein Khan ki death ke baad, Bhopal riyasat ki baagdor Nizaams ke haath mein aa gayi, kuch samay baad 1737A.D. mein Battle of Bhopal mein, Nizaams Marathao  se haar gaye aur Bhopal ki riyasat thode se samay ke liye Marathao ke prabhav mein aa gayi.

Nawab Faiz Mohammad Khan(1742-1777), 1742 mein apni capital Islamnagar se Bhopal le aaya. Year 1818 A.D. mein Bhopal British rule ke under mein aa gaya aur jo ki year 1949 tak Dost Mohammad Khan ke descendent(wanshaj) ke rule mein hi raha(when it was merged with the Republic of India. For two years after the departure of the British from India in 1947, Bhopal had survived as an independent state).

Early Rulers

1730 A.D. ke dauran, Maratha one Bhopal par adhikar ke sath-sath apne rajya ka kshetra expand karna start kar diya, Maratha one Indore aur phir Gwalior tak apna samrajya kar liya tha. Is dauran hi Dost Mohammad Khan ke wansaz ne Marathon ke hatho se  Bhopal ki riyasat cheen kar apne hath me le li. Baad mein, Nawab Wajir Mohammad Khan ne kuch yudho ke baad Bhopal ko ek shakti-shali rajya banaya.

Nawab Jahangir Mohammad Khan ne apne fort se ek mile ki doorie par ek Cantonment(chhavni) established ki jiska naam Jahangirabad tha. Usne Jahangirabad mein Gardens aur Barrack banwaye the jismein British Mehman aur soldiers reh sake.

     1788A.D. First Anglo-Maratha War mein, British General ‘Thomas Goddard’ ne pure Bharat mein campaign chalaya, Bhopal state un kuch states mein raha jisne Britishers ke sahayak ke roop mein kaam kiya.

Feb-Mar 1818 mein, East India Company aur Nawab Nazar Mohammad ke beech Anglo-Bhopal treaty me  Bhopal princely state bana British India ka.

Rules of Begams:

1819-1926 A.D. tak Bhopal mein 4 Begamo ne raaj kiya. Isi kaal mein Bhopal City ka fast development hua. Is dauran Bhopal mein Water-works, Railways, aur Postal System aur Muncipality ka development hua.

Qudsia Begam pehli female ruler rahi Bhopal ki, uske baad unki daughter Sikandar Begam ne Bhopal ki riyasat sambhali. Sikandar Begam ke baad unki iklauti daughter Shahjahan Begam rahi. Sultan Jahan Begam Bhopal ki aakhri(last) Begam bani. Sultan Jahan Begam ke rule ke 25^th year mein unke son Hamidullah Khan ne Begam se raaj ki satta cheen kar apne hath mein li.   

List Of Nawab of Bhopal