Abida Sultan: The Bhopal Begum whose choice to leave for Pakistan cost her throne

Abida Sultan, heir to Bhopal, opted for Pakistan after India’s independence in 1950. Her decision led to her properties being declared evacuee property by Indian authorities. This shift altered the royal succession, with her sister Sajida Sultan inheriting the throne. Decades later, these properties became entangled in legal disputes and enemy-property proceedings. Abida’s memoir and government records document her personal upheaval and the subsequent administrative trail.
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