Hamidullah Khan

Hamidullah Khan GCSI GCIE CVO KStJ (9 September 1894 – 4 February 1960) was the last ruling Nawab of the princely salute state of Bhopal.

A delegate to the Round Table Conference in London, he served as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes from 1944 to 1947, when India became independent.

He was very close to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and on very good terms with Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy and Governor General of India.

Despite pressure from Jinnah, he reluctantly agreed to have Bhopal join the Union of India.

The couple had one daughter: He remained the Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from September 1930 to April 1935.