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Mahboob Ali Khan

Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)

Born
August 18, 1866
Died
August 29, 1911
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1866

About Mahboob Ali Khan

Asaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad State, one of the princely states of India, between 1869 and 1911. Mahboob Ali Khan was the first Nizam to have a Western education. Mahboob Ali Khan established the Hyderabad Medical College, the first in India, and commissioned for chloroform the first time in world. In 1879, Mahbub Ali Khan took over the railway line, which became managed by the Nizam's state-owned railway.

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The world when Mahboob Ali Khan was born

Mahboob Ali Khan was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mahboob Ali Khan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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