Muhammad Wazir Khan
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Muhammad Wazir Khan (reigned 1834–1864) was the second ruler of the princely state of Tonk (in the present day
Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
state of India). He was the son of
Muhammad Amir Khan Nawab Amir Khan (1769–1834) was a military general in the service of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire and later became the first ruler of the princely state of Tonk (in present day Rajasthan, India). Amir Khan was a Hindustani Patha ...
whom he succeeded. During the
Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...
he allied himself with the
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and repulsed rebels.Tonk State
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, v. 23, ''p. 409''


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