Nawab Khair Andesh Khan Sani
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Nawab Khair Andesh Khan Sani was son of Muhammed Fazel Khan and grandson of
Nawab Khair Andesh Khan General Nawab Khair Andesh Khan Kamboh was son of Nawab Muhabbat Khan. He was the most noted member of the illustrious family of the Kamboh Nawabs of Meerut and flourished during the reign of Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb. After Dara Shikoh was ass ...
, and belonged the illustrious family of the Kamboh Nawabs of Meerut. His original name was Muhammad Masih. He held a manasab of five thousand and the title of ''Nek Andesh Khan'' under
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. Later under Emperor Bahadur Shah, he held six thousand mansab and received a title of Khair Andesh Khan. Khair Andesh Khan Sani built Khair Nagar in
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and also built one Idgah, one Mubarak palace and many other buildings in Khair Nagar. He also waged war against king of
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and reduced him to subjugation. His son was given the title of ''Nek Andesh Khan'' and a big
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or ''Jagir'' in Bareilly. His one brother Nawab Khairiyat Andesh Khan held a mansab of five thousand and remained governor of
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where he constructed a Bazar known as Nawab Bazar. His second brother also got the title of ''Kheir Andesh Khan Salas'' during the reign of emperor Ahmed Shah Durani and also held the governorship of Kashmir.


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