Fateh Naseeb Khan
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Fateh Naseeb Khan | |
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| Born | Alwar State, British India |
| Allegiance | Alwar State |
| Service/ | Alwar State Forces Imperial Service Troops |
| Years of service | 1904–1933 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Commander-in-chief of Alwar State Forces Officer-in-Charge of Sariska Hunting Reserve Army Minister of Alwar (Member Alwar State Council) |
| Battles/wars | World War I Third Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire Khan Bahadur (title) |
Khan Bahadur Maj.Gen. Fateh Naseeb Khan, OBE KB (1888–1933), was the Commander-in-chief of Alwar State Forces. He was a close confidant and trusted aide of Maharaja Jai Singh Prabhakar Bahadur, who was the Maharaja of Alwar State. He participated in World War I.[1]
Background and family[]
He belonged to a Khanzada Muslim Rajput family. He was a descendant of Raja Nahar Khan, who was a Rajput ruler of Mewat.
He had six sons namely, Subedar-Major Abdul Majeed Khan, Deputy Director (FIA) SP (R) Abdul Waheed Khan, Major Muhammad Iqbal Khan (PR), Dr Muhammad Allahdad Khan, Colonel Malik Niaz Ahmad Khan (PA) and Dr Khursheed Alam Khan. After the Partition of India in 1947, they migrated to Hyderabad, Pakistan.
Titles and honours[]
He was given the title of :
- Mumtaz-e-Khas Alwar
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Khan Bahadur
- Khan Sahib
"KHAN BAHADUR" title awarded to General Fateh Naseeb Khan of Alwar State Forces on 17 January 1929
State Service[]
- Naib risaldar, Alwar State Forces, 1904
- Risaldar, Alwar State Forces, 1907
- Risaldar Major, Alwar State Forces, 1910
- Additional Aide-de-camp to Maharaja of Alwar State, 1913
- Aide-de-camp to Maharaja of Alwar State, 1914
- Transferred via Secondment into Imperial Service Troops during World War I, 1914-1916
- Officer in Charge, Alwar Elephantry military unit, Alwar State Forces, 1916
- Squadron Commander, Alwar State Forces, 1920
- Commanding officer, Alwar State Forces, 1922
- Commander-in-chief, Alwar State Forces, 1930
References[]
- ^ "Alwar, Hh Raj Rishi Shri Sewai Sir Jey Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev, Bharat Dharam Prabhakar, Maharaj of, (1882–19 May 1937), Col. in British army, 1919; General in Chief of the Alwar State Forces", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 14 June 2021
- "TheDaily". Thedaily.pk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Alwar
- People from Tijara