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Kurwai State was a princely state of British India under the Bhopal Agency and centered around Kurwai town. The town of Kurwai was founded by Mohammed Diler Khan in 1715. The state was 368 km2 in area and had a population of 30,631 in 1892.
In 1737 Following the victory of the Marathas, Bhopal came under the suzerainty of the Maratha Empire as a semi-autonomous state and remained so until the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818.
In the 1740s, Kurwai, then a feudal state, came under the direct rule of the of the Maratha Empire. Source
In 1761, Diler Khan's son Izzat Khan formed an alliance with the Maratha Empire, and fought for them at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. The Marathas suffered a defeat in the battle, and Diler Khan was badly wounded in action. He was rescued by his maternal uncle. After recovering, Izzat Khan joined enemy camp, and received high commands, titles and territories from Ahmad Shah Abdali. He died of the battle injuries after returning to Kurwai.
Izzat Khan's son Hurmut Khan was imprisoned by the Marathas for three years. He was freed after he ceded several villages to them, and agreed to an indemnity of 3 lakhs Indian rupee to the Marathas.
Hurmut Khan' son Akbar Mohammad Khan formed an alliance with the British in hopes of gaining back his territory from the Marathas, but following the Second Anglo-Maratha War, the British annexed the recovered lands for themselves and Kurwai became a princely state under the British suzerainty.
Hurmut Khan's successors ruled the state until 1887,
नज़फ़ खान कुरवाई नबाब को किसने मारा था? कुरवाई नवाब नजफ खान को टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार ने मारा था
टीकाराम सक्सेना और नजफ खान की पुरानी दुश्मनी थी नजफ खान ने वैशाख माह की छठ के दिन 1886 में टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार के माता पिता और भाई को ग्राम बिलाधाना में मार डाला था जो अपने भैरो बाबा की पूजा करने गए थे, नजफ खान की सेना ने उस दिन काफी लूटपाट मचाई कुछ समय बाद ये जानकारी पवई में टीकाराम सक्सेना के पास पहुंची और आसपास के गांवों में पहुंची तो सभी ने इक्कठा होकर कुरवाई नबाब नज़फ़ खान पर हमला किया जिसमें टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार की सेना ने नजफ खान की सेना को गाजर मूली की तरह काट डाला और नजफ खान अपनी जान बचाकर कुरवाई किले के अंदर भाग गया लेकिन जब तक टीकाराम सक्सेना जी के माता पिता और भाई की मौत हो गई थी पूरी घटना में 200 से ज्यादा हिंदू मारे गए वहीं नजफ खान के 300 से ज्यादा सैनिक टीकाराम सक्सेना की सेना ने मार दिए थे उसके बाद टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार ने नजफ खान को मारने की कसम खा ली थी, लगातार टीकाराम सक्सेना नजफ खान को मारने की पूरी तैयारी में रहते थे,15/01/1887 को बेतवा नदी के संक्रांति का मेला लगा था कुरवाई नबाब नज़फ़ खान भी सेना के साथ मेले में से निकला, मेले का पूरा फायदा उठाते हुए टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार ने नजफ खान कुरवाई नबाब को मार डाला कुरवाई नबाब मोनावर अली खान को टीकाराम सक्सेना ने मारा था 15/01/1887 को नजफ् खान को मारने के बाद कुरवाई नबाब दिलेर खान का वंश खत्म हो गया था टीकाराम सक्सेना चाहते थे कुरवाई रियासत पर अंग्रेज चलाये या स्वतंत्र छोड़ दे लेकिन नजफ् खान अपनी बेटी के लड़के मोनवर् अली खान को पहले ही अपनी वसीयत मे अंग्रेजो के पास नबाब बनाने की अनुमति दे गए थे नजफ् खान की मोत के बाद मोनावर् अली खान नबाब बने , टीकाराम सक्सेना के मन में अपने माता पिता भाई की मौत का बदला लेने को तैयार थे आखिरकार 10/09/1896 को टीकाराम सक्सेना और उनके सेनिको ने नबाब मोनावर् अली खान को ग्राम बीलाढाना और अम्बनगर के बीच घेर लिया और हजारो की सेना के बीच टीकाराम सक्सेना पवई दरबार ने मोनावर् अली खान कुरवाई नबाब को मार डाला
his elder brother Muzaffar Khan had also died without heir. After a brief struggle with the Nawab of Basoda, Najaf Khan's maternal grandson Munawar Ali Khan became the ruler of the princely state. After Munawar Khan died without issue, his younger brother Yaqub 'Ali Khan became the Nawab of Kurwai. Yaqub married Munawar's wife Umar un-nisa. Their four-year-old son Sarwar Ali Khan became the Nawab after Yaqub's death in an accident at Bhopal.
Sarwar Ali Khan and his sisters were the first generation in the family to receive English education. He studied at the Daly College (Indore), Mayo College (Ajmer) and the Sandhurst Military Academy. After graduating from Sandhurst in 1921, he severed with the Worcestershires until 1923. During this stint, he guarded Mahatma Gandhi in the British custody. In 1926, he married Abida Sultan, the eldest daughter and heiress presumptive of the Nawab of Bhopal. Their only son, Shaharyar Khan, was born in 1934. The marriage eventually failed, and Sarwar Ali later married other women. Abida Sultan gave up her right to the throne of Bhopal and opted for the Muslim nation Pakistan in 1950, eventually entering that country's Foreign service. Later, Shaharyar Khan became the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and then the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Sarwar Ali Khan's second wife was Ayesha, daughter of the Nawab of Wai. They had three children: Kaiser Zaman, Zafar Ali Khan and Munawar Ali Khan.
During Sarwar Ali Khan's reign, Kurwai saw development of modern infrastructure including roads, telephone network, sanitary facilities, bridges, schools, courts, police station, civil hospital government offices, a power station and a Legislative Assembly. The power was transferred to the Government of newly independent India in 1947.
On 15 June 1948, Kurwai State officially acceded to the Indian Government. Kurwai became part of the newly created state of Madhya Bharat, and was added to Vidisha District. Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956.
Sarwar Ali Khan continued to be involved in the political process. A friend of the Harijan leader Jagjeevan Ram, he encouraged the emancipation of the lower castes, and also campaigned against the dowry system and forced marriage. After his death in 1986, the title Nawab of Kurwai passed on to his son Zafar Ali Khan. Sarwar Ali's daughter Kaiser Zaman studied English at Somerville College, Oxford University. She later founded the All Saints School Bhopal and the All Saints College of Science & Commerce.
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