Hyderabad: The founder of the Asaf-Jah house of Hyderabad was Kilich Khan, popularly known as Nizam-ul-Mulk.  

• It was Zulfikar Khan who had first conceived the idea of an independent state in the Deccan.  
• But with his death in 1713 the dream remained unfulfilled.  

• Kilich Khan, disgusted with the Mughal emperor who had appointed Mubariz Khan as a full-fledged viceroy of the Deccan, decided to fight Mubariz Khan. 

Awadh: The founder of the independent principality of Awadh was Saadat Khan, popularly known as Burhan-ul-Mulk. Saadat Khan was a Shia.  

• He had joined in a conspiracy against the Sayyid brothers, which resulted in his being given an increased mansab.  
• Later, driven out of the court, he was prompted to found a new independent state. 

Bengal: Murshid Kuli Khan was the founder of the independent state of Bengal. He was capable ruler and made Bengal a prosperous state.  

• He was succeeded in 1727 by his son Shujaud-din.  
• His successor, Sarfaraz Khan, was killed in 1740 by Alivardi Khan, the deputy governor of Bihar at Gheria, who assumed power and made himself independent of the Mughal emperor by giving yearly tribute. 

Source: Spectrum’s A Brief History of Modern India.