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 Alwar State was a kingdom from 1770 to 1818 and a princely state under British rule from 1818 to 1947. Initially its capital was Macheri and then the city of Alwar. The nobility of Alwar State belonged to the Naruka branch of the Kachwaha dynas ...

. He participated in

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Background and family

He belonged to a Khanzada

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family. He was a descendant of Raja Nahar Khan, who was a

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ruler of Mewat. He had six sons namely,

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Abdul Majeed Khan, Deputy Director (

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) 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

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Titles and honours

He was the recipient of the following titles and honours: * Tazimi Sardar * Mumtaz-e-Khas Alwar *Officer of the

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* Khan Bahadur *

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State Service

Naib risaldar Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Noba ...

, Alwar State Forces, 1904 * Risaldar, Alwar State Forces, 1907 * Risaldar Major, Alwar State Forces, 1910 *Additional Aide-de-camp to

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, 1913 * Aide-de-camp to

, 1914 *Transferred via Secondment into

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during

, 1914-1916 * Officer in Charge, Alwar Elephantry military unit, Alwar State Forces, 1916 *

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Commander, Alwar State Forces, 1920 * Commanding officer, Alwar State Forces, 1922 * Commander-in-chief, Alwar State Forces, 1930

References

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The Administration Report Of The Alwar State

The Administration Report Of The Alwar State

Thacker's Indian Directory 1931
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naseeb, Fateh 1888 births 1933 deaths People from Alwar People from Tijara