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Azim Jah's litigious efforts and representations succeeded.
For at 5.30 p.m. on the 12th April 1871, His Excellency
the Governor of Madras, held a Durbar in the Banqueting
Hall, Madras, for the purpose of presenting to His Highness
Prince Azim Jah Bahadur, the Letters Patent issued by
the command of Queen Victoria, investing His Highness
and his successors with the title and dignity of "Prince
of Arcot" or "Amire-Arcot" in India.
The Prince of Arcot was also recognised
as "The First Noble Man in the Mohammedan Family
of South India". He was also accorded a very high
rank in the Warrant of Precedence.
Since the 'Kalas Mahal' (Chepauk Palace)
had been taken over by the Government in 1859, Prince
Azim Jah moved to the 'Shadi Mahal' on Triplicane High
Road and the Government was paying a monthly rent of
RS.1 ,000/- for his accommodation.
As part of the settlement with Azim
Jah, the Government undertook to build a Palace, now
known as "AMIR MAHAL' in Royapettah on lands belonging
to the Nawabs.
Prince Azim Jah, the first Prince of
Arcot, owing to personal reasons did not move to "Amir
Mahal", but continued to live in "Shadi Mahal',
where he died in 1874 and was buried with full state
honours.
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