An Indian silver frame Hamilton and Co, with import marks J Bros, Sheffield 1968 also stamped SILVER Upright rectangular form with curved top, with applied reed and ribbon border, with applied arms of the State and Nawabs of Rampur, with wood back and easel, with silver hinges, height 34cm, length 23.4cm. Footnotes: The Nawab of Rampur at the period of assay was Nawab Murtaza Ali Khan Bahadur, MBE, NH, NI (1926 - 1982) was the titular Nawab of Rampur from 1966 to his death in 1982. In 1943, Murtaza was commissioned into the British Indian Army and served as an aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, India, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. From 1946 until Independence, Murtaza served as the Minister of the Army for Rampur State and as the Minister for the Household, Education and Public Works until 1949, when Rampur State formally merged with the Dominion of India. He succeeded his father as Nawab of Rampur in 1966. From 1969 until 1971, he served as a member in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, as well as an MP in the Lok Sabha. In 1972 Murtaza Ali contested an election from Rampur opposite his own mother Rafat Jamani Begum and won. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing