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PTI | By, Pataudi
Sep 23, 2011 05:41 PM IST

Former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral palace in Pataudi today with thousands thronging the burial site to pay their last respects leading to chaotic scenes.Pay your tributes | India pays tribute to Pataudi | Pataudi, thinking cricketer and inspiring leader

Former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who died of a lung ailment in Delhi on Thursday, was laid to rest at his ancestral palace in Pataudi on Friday 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.

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As distraught family members, bid final goodbye to the man who was fondly called Tiger, there was chaos at the Pataudi Palace's sprawling campus with close to 15,000 people converging at the burial site to catch a glimpse of the proceedings.

The huge police presence was hardly a deterrent as media and the gathered crowd jostled to be the closest to the grave even as the Pataudi family grieved in silence.

Pataudi's wife, yesteryears' Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore, looked calm and composed when she came on the palace balcony once along with other female family members.

Pataudi's son Saif Ali Khan, also a Bollywood actor, performed the last rites after offering Friday prayers.

Saif's actress girlfriend Kareena Kapoor looked distraught along with Pataudi's daughters Soha and Saba, both of whom were inconsolable.

Kareena's elder sister and Bollywood actress Karisma also attended the funeral and was seen consoling Saif.

From the cricketing fraternity, former captain Kapil Dev and Ajay Jadeja came with the family from Delhi on Friday morning when Pataudi's body was brought to Pataudi.

Also present was former captain and coach Anshuman Gaekwad along with sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan.

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