<P> The state was founded in 1707 CE by Dost Mohammad Khan , an Pashtun soldier in the Mughal army , who became a mercenary after the Emperor Aurangzeb 's death and annexed several territories to his fiefdom . It came under the suzerainty of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1723 shortly after its foundation . In 1737 , Marathas defeated the Mughals and the Nawab of Bhopal in the Battle of Bhopal , and started collecting tribute from the state . After the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo - Maratha War , Bhopal became a British princely state in 1818 . Bhopal State was the second largest state in pre-independence India , with a Muslim leadership , first being Hyderabad State . The state was merged into the Union of India in 1949 as Bhopal . </P>
<P> The state was founded in 1707 CE by Dost Mohammad Khan , an Pashtun soldier in the Mughal army , who became a mercenary after the Emperor Aurangzeb 's death and annexed several territories to his fiefdom . It came under the suzerainty of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1723 shortly after its foundation . In 1737 , Marathas defeated the Mughals and the Nawab of Bhopal in the Battle of Bhopal , and started collecting tribute from the state . After the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo - Maratha War , Bhopal became a British princely state in 1818 . Bhopal State was the second largest state in pre-independence India , with a Muslim leadership , first being Hyderabad State . The state was merged into the Union of India in 1949 as Bhopal . </P>
when was bhopal state merged in the indian union
when was bhopal state merged in the indian union
in 1949
in 1949