Taley Mohammad Khan
Taley Mohammad Khan was the Nawab of Palanpur from 1918 until his death in 1957.
Early life, education, and family
He was born on 7 July 1883 to Sher Muhammad Khan. He was educated privately. He became a member of the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1902. But he withdrew from the corps at the end of 1903. Though he stayed for a few months in the corps, owing to his being in the good books of the officers of the corps, the Government of India accorded him the privilege to wear the uniform of the corps. He married, firstly, on 20 January 1906, Sukhan Bai, a daughter of Malek Rustam Khan of Dasada, and, secondly, Joan Falkiner. He had two sons, Iqbal Muhammad Khan and Yusuf Muhammad Khan, and a daughter, Shameem Begum.In 1904, during the third plague pandemic, he was made in-charge of relief measures in Palanpur. He was on the staff of Cecil Park during the Nasirabad maneuvers. He was in charge of the customs and the forest departments of Palanpur. During the Delhi Durbar of 1911, he was attached to the staff of Henry McMohan, who was responsible for all military arrangements in connection with the visit of the Emir of Afghanistan. He was appointed by his father as the administrator of Palanpur in 1912.
Reign
When his father died on 28 September 1918, he succeeded him in his title, rank, and dignity as the Nawab of Palanpur. He was formally installed on the throne on 14 October 1918. He was the 29th ruler of his family. He made arrangements with Bank of India to open a branch of it in Palanpur, and when a branch was established, he performed its opening ceremony on 18 December 1944.Silver Jubilee
In 1944, he celebrated the silver jubilee of his accession to the throne. The festivities continued from 31 March 1944 in Palanpur, and on that day he was weighed against silver, which was afterwards distributed to the poor and needy. The poor were fed, sweets were distributed to the school children, the residents of the poor house, and the prisoners. He laid at Deesa on 2 April 1944 the foundation stone of Shri Taley Mohammed Khan Silver Jubilee Hospital, Shree Shukhan Bai Saheba Silver Jubilee Maternity Home, and Shree Taley Mohammed Khan Silver Jubilee Municipal Gujarati School., On 3 April 1944, he laid the foundation stone of the Silver Jubilee Nanchand-Motichand-Somani English School at Chandisar. On 6 April 1944, the Maharaja of Jodhpur laid the foundation of Shree Taley Mohammed Khan Silver Jubilee Hostel for Jiwaidars and Patawats, and the Maharaja of Bikaner laid the foundation of Shree Jahan Ara Silver Jubilee Public Park. The next day, 7 April 1944, the Maharaja of Bikaner also laid the foundation of Shree Taley Mohammed Khan Silver Jubilee Girls English School.The people of Palanpur and Deesa collected and contributed Rs. 2,53,282 towards the silver jubilee celebrations, and of this Rs. 1,55,245 were placed at Taley's disposal to expend them as he saw fit, and the remaining Rs. 98,037 were spent to develop certain institutions in Palanpur.