Anwaruddin Khan
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Anwaruddin Khan (1672 – 3 August 1749), also known as Muhammad Anwaruddin, was the 1st
Life
Nawab Anwaruddin Khan was born at
His official name at the height of his power was Amin us-Sultanat, Siraj ud-Daula, Nawab Haji Muhammad Jan-i-Jahan Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Shahamat Jang, Subadar of the Carnatic.
He went to
He was also the Governor of
Muhammad Anwaruddin was appointed to Faujdar of Chicacole, Naib Subadar and
In 1746, the French and the English fought to achieve supremacy over each other in India in the First Carnatic War. The Carnatic region became the arena of their action.
In 1746, the French
However, after its capture, Dupleix rescinded the offer, and Muhammad Anwarudding sought to capture it from them. He sent an army of 10,000 men under his son Mahfuz Khan. They fought against the 300-man French force in the Battle of Adyar on the banks of the Adyar River, and lost.[3] The decisive French victory demonstrated the effectiveness of well-trained European forces in combating poorly trained Indian troops.
Muhammad Anwaruddin received overtures for support from both from the English and the French, but supported the English. The French wanted to reduce the growing influence of the English in the Carnatic, so they supported Husayn Dost Khan, alias Chanda Sahib, as the rightful Nawab of the Carnatic against Muhammad Anwaruddin.
While the British and the French supported their respective candidates for the Nawabship, they also took sides in the conflict over succession to the
The aging Nawab Muhammad Anwaruddin, supported by the English, met the French army at Ambur on 3 August 1749 and was killed in the battle at the age of 77. He was mentioned as the oldest soldier to die on battlefield in "Ripley's Believe It or Not," although erroneously described as 107 years old at the time. Ripley stated that the Nawab died of gunshot wounds but that has not been independently verified.
See also
- Carnatic Wars
- Nawab
References
- ^ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Muzaffarnagar. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1988. p. 42.
- ^ "Newabs". Prince of Arcot. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-9796174-7-8.