NIZAM OF HYDERABAD(INDIA)

Nizam of Hyderabad, is Fifth on Forbes ‘All Time Wealthiest’ list of 2008 with Net Worth: 210.8 Billion USD. Bill Gates is twentieth, Net Worth: 101.0 Billion 

USD. This is a list of historical figures who lived during the Industrial age,Information Age, Middle Ages, Ancient world and is solely based on net worth accumulated by inheritance or personal earnings. 

Last Nizam of Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar, Fath Jang Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII, was The Richest Man in the 1940s, having a fortune estimated at $2 billion. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948 until it was made part of India as a result of Operation Polo launched by the Indian Government.

RARE COLLECTION OF NIZAMS JEWELLARY

This rare pair of slippers, once worn by the Indian prince Nizam Sikandar Jah of Hyderabad in the 18th century, is encrusted with rubies and diamonds. In January 2006, the jeweled slippers were stolen from the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada yet were quickly recovered thanks to an anonymous tipster. Experts examined the shoes and believe no damage had been done  “though there is evidence the shoes have been worn”.