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Bakht Buland Shah

d. c. 1709 · 17th century

Bakht Buland Shah was a Gond king of Deogarh in central India in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He served in the army of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, converted to Islam and encouraged Hindu and Muslim settlers to clear and farm land. Around 1702 he founded the city of Nagpur, which later became the capital of the Bhonsle Marathas.

Bakht Buland Shah
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Deogarh Kingdom

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