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	The Nawabs of Murshidabad succeeded the Nawab Nazims following Nawab Mansur Ali Khan's abdication.<ref name=nawab /><ref name=feradun-jah /><ref name=hassanalimirza>{{cite web \|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-hassan-ali.htm \|title=Hassan Ali Mirza's succession \|date=8 May 2012 \|website=Murshidabad.net \|access-date=10 August 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802033722/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-hassan-ali.htm \|archive-date=2 August 2012 }}</ref> The Nawab Bahadurs had ceased to exercise any significant power.<ref name=nawab /> The Nawabs of Murshidabad were relegated to the status of a [[zamindar]]. They continued to be a wealthy Indian family, producing bureaucrats and army officers. However, their political influence in Bengal was eclipsed by the [[Nawab of Dhaka]]. Members of the Nawab family of Murshidabad were part of the [[Pakistan movement]]. At the time of the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the [[flag of Pakistan]] was hoisted at the Hazarduari Palace. The [[Radcliffe Line]] made clear that [[Murshidabad district]] would fall under the [[Dominion of India]]. Soon after the line was published, the Pakistani flag was lowered and the [[Indian tricolour]] was hoisted atop the palace.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Nawabs' Murshidabad House lies in tatters \|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nawabs-Murshidabad-House-lies-in-tatters/articleshow/48507315.cms \|newspaper=The Times of India \|access-date=2 May 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170105200042/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nawabs-Murshidabad-House-lies-in-tatters/articleshow/48507315.cms \|archive-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> In Pakistan, a member of the family, [[Iskander Mirza]], became the country's [[Governor-General of Pakistan\|Governor-General]] and [[President of Pakistan\|first President]]. In 1959, Wasif Ali Mirza came to be the third Nawab Bahadur.<ref name="pakistan2">{{cite book \|author=E. W. R. Lumby \|year=1954 \|title=The Transfer of Power in India, 1945-7 \|location=London \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin \|page=232 \|oclc=5413266}}</ref> He was succeeded by Waris Ali Mirza who died in 1969,<ref name="againnawab"/> survived by three sons and three daughters. His death was followed by a long-standing dispute over succession as he had excluded his eldest son, Wakif Ali Mirza, from the succession for contracting a non-Muslim marriage. Waris Ali took no steps during his lifetime to establish his successor. His will stood disputed.<ref name=waresh-ali>{{cite web\|url= http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-waresh-ali.htm \|title=Murshidabad History - Waresh Ali \|access-date=10 August 2012 \|url-status=live \|website=murshidabad.net \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120824185643/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-waresh-ali.htm \|archive-date=24 August 2012}}</ref> The Indian government withdrew privileges for princely families in 1971.<ref name="Twenty Sixth Amendment">{{cite web \|url= http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm \|title=Twenty Sixth Amendment to the Indian Constitution \|publisher=Indiacode.nic.in \|date=28 December 1971 \|access-date=1 May 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111206041333/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm \|archive-date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=waresh-ali />		The Nawabs of Murshidabad succeeded the Nawab Nazims following Nawab Mansur Ali Khan's abdication.<ref name=nawab /><ref name=feradun-jah /><ref name=hassanalimirza>{{cite web \|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-hassan-ali.htm \|title=Hassan Ali Mirza's succession \|date=8 May 2012 \|website=Murshidabad.net \|access-date=10 August 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802033722/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-hassan-ali.htm \|archive-date=2 August 2012 }}</ref> The Nawab Bahadurs had ceased to exercise any significant power.<ref name=nawab /> The Nawabs of Murshidabad were relegated to the status of a [[zamindar]]. They continued to be a wealthy Indian family, producing bureaucrats and army officers. However, their political influence in Bengal was eclipsed by the [[Nawab of Dhaka]]. Members of the Nawab family of Murshidabad were part of the [[Pakistan movement]]. At the time of the [[partition of India]] in 1947, the [[flag of Pakistan]] was hoisted at the Hazarduari Palace. The [[Radcliffe Line]] made clear that [[Murshidabad district]] would fall under the [[Dominion of India]]. Soon after the line was published, the Pakistani flag was lowered and the [[Indian tricolour]] was hoisted atop the palace.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Nawabs' Murshidabad House lies in tatters \|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nawabs-Murshidabad-House-lies-in-tatters/articleshow/48507315.cms \|newspaper=The Times of India \|access-date=2 May 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170105200042/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Nawabs-Murshidabad-House-lies-in-tatters/articleshow/48507315.cms \|archive-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> In Pakistan, a member of the family, [[Iskander Mirza]], became the country's [[Governor-General of Pakistan\|Governor-General]] and [[President of Pakistan\|first President]]. In 1959, Wasif Ali Mirza came to be the third Nawab Bahadur.<ref name="pakistan2">{{cite book \|author=E. W. R. Lumby \|year=1954 \|title=The Transfer of Power in India, 1945-7 \|location=London \|publisher=George Allen and Unwin \|page=232 \|oclc=5413266}}</ref> He was succeeded by Waris Ali Mirza who died in 1969,<ref name="againnawab"/> survived by three sons and three daughters. His death was followed by a long-standing dispute over succession as he had excluded his eldest son, Wakif Ali Mirza, from the succession for contracting a non-Muslim marriage. Waris Ali took no steps during his lifetime to establish his successor. His will stood disputed.<ref name=waresh-ali>{{cite web\|url= http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-waresh-ali.htm \|title=Murshidabad History - Waresh Ali \|access-date=10 August 2012 \|url-status=live \|website=murshidabad.net \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120824185643/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-waresh-ali.htm \|archive-date=24 August 2012}}</ref> The Indian government withdrew privileges for princely families in 1971.<ref name="Twenty Sixth Amendment">{{cite web \|url= http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm \|title=Twenty Sixth Amendment to the Indian Constitution \|publisher=Indiacode.nic.in \|date=28 December 1971 \|access-date=1 May 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111206041333/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm \|archive-date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=waresh-ali />

	~~===Relations with the Zamindars of Bihar===~~
	The [[Zamindars of Bihar]] maintained a tenuous loyalty to the Nawabs of Bengal.<ref name="Marshall2006">{{cite book \|author=P. J. Marshall \|author-link=P. J. Marshall \|year=2006 \|orig-year=First published 1987 \|title=Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India, 1740-1828 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIZrfokYSY8C&pg=PA82 \|series=New Cambridge History of India \|volume=II, 2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|page=82 \|isbn=978-0-521-02822-6}}</ref> Rebellion and the withholding of revenue was a common feature of the Nawab period in Bihar.<ref name="Chatterjee1996">{{cite book\|author=Kumkum Chatterjee\|title=Merchants, Politics, and Society in Early Modern India: Bihar, 1733-1820\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUeqQ2buQ80C&pg=PA35\|year=1996\|publisher=BRILL\|isbn=90-04-10303-1\|pages=35–36\|access-date=9 September 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302202540/https://books.google.com/books?id=wUeqQ2buQ80C&pg=PA35\|archive-date=2 March 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rorabacher2016">{{cite book\|author=J. Albert Rorabacher\|title=Bihar and Mithila: The Historical Roots of Backwardness\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjElDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA265\|date=13 September 2016\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-351-99758-4\|pages=265–266}}</ref> Although Bihar had the potential to provide a large amount of revenue and tax, records show that the Nawabs were unable to extract any money from the chiefs of Bihar until 1748. And even following this, the amount gained was very low. This was again due to the rebellious nature of the zamindars who were "continually in arms".<ref name="Marshall">{{cite book\|author=P. J. Marshall\|title=Bengal: The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740-1828\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lIZrfokYSY8C\|date=2 November 2006\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-02822-6\|pages=58–60}}</ref>

	==List of Nawabs==		==List of Nawabs==
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	\| June 1727<ref name=quli-khan>{{cite web \|url= http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-murshid-quli-khan.htm \|website=Murshidabad.net \|title=Murshidabad History - Murshid Quli Khan \|access-date=17 August 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120705195445/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-murshid-quli-khan.htm \|archive-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url= ~~http~~://www.britannica.com/biography/Murshid-Quli-Khan \|title=Murshid Quli Khan {{!}} Indian nawab\|website=Encyclopædia Britannica\|access-date=7 May 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160801142917/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Murshid-Quli-Khan\|archive-date=1 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Karim \|first=Abdul \|year=2012 \|chapter=Murshid Quli Khan \|chapter-url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murshid_Quli_Khan \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170404111435/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murshid_Quli_Khan \|archive-date=4 April 2017}}</ref>		\| June 1727<ref name=quli-khan>{{cite web \|url= http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-murshid-quli-khan.htm \|website=Murshidabad.net \|title=Murshidabad History - Murshid Quli Khan \|access-date=17 August 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120705195445/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-murshid-quli-khan.htm \|archive-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Murshid-Quli-Khan \|title=Murshid Quli Khan {{!}} Indian nawab\|website=Encyclopædia Britannica\|access-date=7 May 2016\|url-status=live\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160801142917/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Murshid-Quli-Khan\|archive-date=1 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Karim \|first=Abdul \|year=2012 \|chapter=Murshid Quli Khan \|chapter-url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murshid_Quli_Khan \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170404111435/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murshid_Quli_Khan \|archive-date=4 April 2017}}</ref>
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