The 41-year-old actor was made the Nawab at a 'pagdi' ceremony this morning at the Ibrahim Palace where heads of villages tied a white turban around his head as his mother Sharmila Tagore, and sisters Saba and Soha looked on.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was also present.
Saif has been given the title after his father, former Indian captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, passed away on September 22.
of mourning are over.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, whose mother was the daughter of the last nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, was born in Bhopal and was the mutawalli (patron) of the Auqaf-e-Shahi.
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