Mansoor Ali Khan  or  Mansur Ali Khan , sometimes  M.A.K. Pataudi  (5 January 1941, Bhopal – 22 September 2011, New Delhi), nicknamed  Tiger Pataudi , was an Indian cricketer and one-time captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the ninth and last  Nawab of Pataudi  until 1971, when India abolished royal entitlements through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India. Mansoor was born to Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, eighth Nawab of Pataudi and his wifeSajida Sultan, second daughter of the last ruling nawab of Bhopal. He was educated at A.M.U Minto Circle School,ALIGARH(U.P) and then went to Welham Boys' School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Lockers Park Prep School in Hertfordshire, Winchester College, and Balliol College, Oxford. His father died on Mansoor's 11th birthday in 1952, whereupon Mansoor succeeded as the ninth Nawab of Pataudi. While the...