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Nawab of Bhopal

Hamidullah KhanGCSI GCIE CVO KStJ (9 September 1894 – 4 February 1960) was the last ruling Nawab of the princelysalute state of Bhopal. He ruled from 1926 when his mother, Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum, abdicated in his favor, until 1949 and held the honorific title until his death in 1960. A delegate to the Round Table Conference in London, he served as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes from 1944 to 1947, when India became independent.

During the Second World War, Nawab Hamidullah was present at the Battle of Keren and the Battle of El Alamein. He was very close to Muhammad Ali Jinnah and on very good terms with Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy and Governor General of India. Despite pressure from Jinnah, he reluctantly agreed to have Bhopal join the Union of India.^[1] He was succeeded by his second daughter, Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal.^[2]

Personal life

Nawab Hamidullah Khan attended the Muhammadan Ang

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Nearly 30 Years After the Ogoni 9 Tragedy, Nigerians Are Still Resisting Oil Colonialism

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Over the past few years, the fossil fuel industry’s focus has increasingly been on Africa, where it is fast-tracking new fossil fuel development and infrastructure. Proponents of this buildout often talk about how fossil fuels will lift Africa out of poverty, providing both development funding and the money necessary to adapt to climate change. They speak of rampant “energy poverty” in Africa, a term used to describe lack of access to consistent power. It’s a real indictment of international climate diplomacy that less developed countries are reliant on extractive industry for climate adaptation, rather than the money long promised in the form of climate reparations or loss and damage funds. But it’s also unlikely that fossil fuel development will actually pay off.

Nigeria, the country with the oldest, largest, and most established fossil fuel industry on the African continent, i

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