Mansoor Ali Khan or Mansur Ali Khan sometimes M. A. K. Pataudi (5 January 1941 – 22 September 2011), nicknamed Tiger Pataudi, was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the titular Nawab of Pataudi from 1952 until 1971, when by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India the privy purses of the princes were abolished and official recognition of their titles came to an end.He has been described as “India’s greatest cricket captain”.He was appointed captain of the Indian team at the age of 21 even though several other players were more experienced.
Mansoor Ali Khan was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan, himself a renowned cricketer. He was born in Bhopal and educated at Minto Circle in Aligarh and then went to Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire (where he was coached by Frank Woolley), and Winchester College. He learned Arabic and French at Balliol College, Oxford.
His father died while playing polo in Delhi on Mansoor’s eleventh birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded as the ninth Nawab. Although the princely state of Pataudi had been merged with India after the end of the British Raj in 1947, he held the title until the entitlements were abolished by the Government of India through the 26th amendment to the constitution in 1971.
On 27 December 1969, Mansoor married Indian film actress Sharmila Tagore. They had three children :
Saif Ali Khan, a Bollywood actor, born 16 August 1970;
Saba Ali Khan, a jewellery designer, born in 1976;
Soha Ali Khan, a Bollywood actress, born 4 October 1978;
Pataudi was admitted to New Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 22 September 2011 with an acute lung infection caused by chronic interstitial lung disease which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly.He died of respiratory failure the same day.His body was buried at Pataudi near Delhi on 23 September 2011. His funeral was attended by large number of film actors, directors and producers, as well as cricketing fraternity.
Awards and recognitions
1964 Arjuna Award
1967 Padma Shri
In honour of his outstanding contributions towards cricket, the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was instituted by the BCCI on 6 February 2013 with the inaugural lecture by Sunil Gavaskar on 20 February 2013.
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