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| name = [[Nawab]] Raza Ali Khan of [[Rampur State|Rampur]]
| title = [[Nawab]] of [[Rampur State|Rampur]] <br> [[Tribal chief|Chief]] Of The [[Rohilla Chieftaincies|Rohilla]] <br>
| titletext = [[Major general|Major-General]], [[Highness|His Highness]],‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Mustaid Jang
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| caption = Nawab Raza Ali Khan at the [[Chamber of Princes]], 1941.Standing in the middle of the 2nd Row, 9th from the right (in white [[sherwani]] and white turban).
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| reign = 1930-1956
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| birth_name = Qila-i-Mualla, [[Rampur State|Rampur]]
| birth_date = 17 November 1908
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| death_date = 6 March 1966
| death_place = Khas Bagh Palace, [[Rampur State|Rampur]]
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| burial_place = [[Karbala]], [[Iraq]]
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| full name = Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Raza Ali Khan Bahadur Rohilla
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| regnal name = Major-General H.H. ‘Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Syed Sir Muhammad Raza ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCIE, KCSI.
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| father = His Highness, Nawab [[Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur|Hamid Ali Khan]], The Nawab of Rampur
| mother = Her Highness, Nawab Hazur Aliyah Begum
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[[Sir]] '''Raza Ali Khan Bahadur''' [[GCIE]], [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] (17 November 1908 – 6 March 1966) was a [[nawab]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]] from 1930 to 1966. A tolerant and progressive ruler, Sir Raza expanded the number of Hindus in his government Including his Prime Minister Lt.Col. Horilal Varma Bar At Law and, expanded the irrigation system, completed electrification projects and continued building schools, roads and sewage systems. Also the Nawab sent his soldiers to fight in the Middle Eastern theatres of the [[Second World War]]. Acceding to the [[India|Union of India]] on 15 August 1947, Rampur was formally merged with it in 1949 and with the new state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1950. Afterwards, Sir Raza devoted himself to charitable projects and to his post as head of the Freemasons in India as the first Grand Master of the [[Grand Lodge of India]].

Sir Raza died in 1966, aged 57, and like his father, was buried at [[Karbala]], [[Iraq]]. He was succeeded by his eldest son, [[Murtaza Ali Khan Bahadur]].

==Titles==

*1908-1930: [[Nawabzada]] Muhammad Raza Ali Khan, Wali Ahad Bahadur
*1930-1931: [[His Highness]] 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, [[Nawab]] Sayyid Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, [[Nawab of Rampur]]
*1931-1934: [[Lieutenant]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur
*1934-1936: [[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur
*1936-1940: Captain His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid [[Sir]] Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]]
*1940-1944: [[Major]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Sir Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, KCSI
*1944-1946: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Sir Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, [[GCIE]], KCSI
*1946-1961: [[Major-General]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Sir Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCIE, KCSI
*1961-1966: [[Major-General]] His Highness 'Ali Jah, Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i- Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mukhlis ud-Daula, Nasir ul-Mulk, Amir ul-Umara, Nawab Sayyid Sir Muhammad Raza 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, Nawab of Rampur, GCIE, KCSI, Most Worshipful the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of India

When he was alive, he called the people of Suhawa Sadat {the only shia village of Rampur State} to commemorate the grief of Imam Hussain

==Honours==

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*[[Nishan-i-Hamidia]], 1st Class of Rampur
*[[Nishan-i-Iqbal]], 1st Class of Rampur
*[[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]], 1935
*[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (KCSI), 1936
*[[King George VI Coronation Medal]], 1937
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (GCIE), 1944
*[[Indian Independence Medal]], 1947
*[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]], 1953

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[[Category:Nawabs of Rampur]]
[[Category:Indian knights]]
[[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Indian Shia Muslims]]
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Raza Ali Khan of Rampur - Revision history

->Billjones94 at 15:43, 1 January 2022