Pataudi: Former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who died of a lung ailment in Delhi yesterday, was laid to rest at his ancestral palace here today with thousands thronging the burial site to pay their last respects leading to chaotic scenes.
Pataudi, who was 70 when he breathed his last at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, was buried next to the grave of his father, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi -- the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal.
Image: Bollywood actor and wife Sharmila Tagore, center left, and son Saif Ali Khan, center right, attend the funeral of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Pataudi, a former India cricket captain who led the country to its first series victory abroad, died Thursday at a local hospital where he was being treated for a lung disease. He was 70.
Text: PTI
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