Nizam of Hyderabad

Osman Ali Khan, known as Asaf Jah VII , the last Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, ruled from 1911 to September 17, 1948. Khan was proclaimed  the richest man in the world by Time Magazine in 1937- a net worth of $210 billion ( 9n 2007 dollars); Time, February 22, 1973.