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The family is the current holder of the Princely [[estate]], descendants of the [[Mughal]] [[dynasty]], and held the hereditary courtier position for the [[Dighapatia]] [[Monarch|Kings]]. Today members hold [[parliamentary]] and [[Military]] positions at home and abraod. Earlier members patronized [[arts]] and [[sciences]] in [[British India]] and later protested for the [[partition of 1947]] and fought for the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].
After the [[monarchy]] was abolished, they became [[landlords]] or [[zamindars]], and not princes. Titles became surnames, and offices were lost. Only two residences survived the wear and tear of time the [[1874]] palace at Temock and the [[1902]] fort at Shercole. Three schools and a college is named after 19th century members of the family, namely Gul-e-Afroze and Gulbodon Begum. The street connecting the main city of the Rajshahi district to Natore, was named after [[Jalaluddin Mirza]].
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