Bhikampur and Datawali (Aligarh) State
| Bhikampur and Datawali | |||||||||
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| Principality under the nominal sovereignty of Mughal Empire and Maratha Confederacy and British India | |||||||||
| 1703–1947 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1703 | ||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||
The Bhikampur and Datawali principality is in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. For nearly four centuries, before the advent of British Raj in India, it was ruled by the descendants of a Sherwani Pathan from Jalalabad in Afghanistan. The Sherwani clan were practically independent rulers in the period between the collapse of Mughal Empire and the rise of the British Raj.