Hyderabad State,also known as Hyderabad Deccan,was a kingdom,princely state,and country,located in the south-central Deccan region of the Indian subcontinent with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day states of Telangana,the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka,and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India.
Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948,by the newly independent Dominion of India against Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-ruled princely state,annexing it into the Indian Union.
Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State. Nizam is a shortened form of Niẓām ul-Mulk,which means Administrator of the Realm,and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I when he was appointed Viceroy of the Deccan by the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar. In addition to being the Mughal Viceroy (Naib) of the Deccan,Asaf Jah I was also the premier courtier of the Mughal Empire until 1724,when he established the independent monarchy of Hyderabad and adopted the title "Nizam of Hyderabad".
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the governor of Telangana located in the city of Hyderabad,India. It is located at Somajiguda adjacent to Hussain Sagar lake.
Mir Osman Ali Khan,Asaf Jah VII was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad,the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911,at the age of 25 and ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948,until India annexed it. He was styled as His Exalted Highness-(H.E.H) the Nizam of Hyderabad,and was widely considered as one of the world's wealthiest people of all time. With some estimate placing his wealth at 2% of U.S. GDP,his portrait was on the cover of Time magazine in 1937. As a semi-autonomous monarch,he had his own mint,printing his own currency,the Hyderabadi rupee,and had a private treasury that was said to contain £100 million in gold and silver bullion,and a further £400 million of jewels. The major source of his wealth was the Golconda mines,the only supplier of diamonds in the world at that time. Among them was the Jacob Diamond,valued at some £50 million,and used by the Nizam as a paperweight.
Nawab Sir Ahmed Hussain,Amin Jung Bahadur,KCIE,CSI,LLD (Osmania),MA,BL (Madras) was born in Madras on 11 August 1863 in the family of a leading businessman.
Hatice Hayriye Ayşe Dürrüşehvar Sultan,after marriage Durru Shehvar Durdana Begum Sahiba,Princess of Berar;was an Ottoman princess,the only daughter of the last caliph Abdulmejid II,who was the last heir apparent to the Ottoman Imperial throne and the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.
Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan,Salar Jung I,,known simply as Salar Jung I,was an Indian nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad State between 1853 until his death in 1883. He also served as regent for the sixth Nizam,Asaf Jah VI between 1869 and 1883.
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah,Asaf Jah VIII,less formally known as Mukarram Jah,was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971. He was the head of the House of Asaf Jah until his death in 2023.
Nawab Fazal Nawaz Jung Bahadur was a noted Hyderabadi politician and financier during the period of the Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan,Asaf Jah VII.
The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Persian culture,language,and literature,and the family found ready patronage.
Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan,Salar Jung III (1889–1949),commonly known as Salar Jung III,was a nobleman and art collector from Hyderabad Deccan. He served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad Deccan during the reign of the seventh Nizam,Mir Osman Ali Khan. In 1912,at the age of twenty-three,Salar Jung III succeeded Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad as Prime Minister and served for two and a half years. He held the fourth-highest position among the Hyderabad Deccan nobility,below three members of the Paigah family.
Rao Bahadur Pemmanda K. Monnappa was a police officer of South India. He served in three Southern states,Madras,Hyderabad and Mysore (Karnataka),at different times. However he is to be best remembered for his contributions towards the integration of Hyderabad into the Union. Monnappa had a career in the Public Service reflected by his titles and medals.
Lieutenant Colonel Saeed ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan,Nawab of Chhatari also generally referred to as Nawab of Chhatari was Governor of the United Provinces,Chief Minister of United Provinces,President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad and Chief Scout of India.
Syed Ahmed El-Edroos was the commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State Forces at the time of the annexation of Hyderabad State by India in 1948.
Tragedy of Hyderabad is a history book written by the Last Prime Minister of Hyderabad,Mir Laik Ali. The book was written and published in 1962 by Mir Laik Ali who was on exile in Pakistan. The book translated into telugu by famous literary person dr. Enugu Narasimha Reddy as a 'Hyderabad Vishaadham'
Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung was the Minister for Finance and External Affairs of the Hyderabad State,under the Nizam Osman Ali Khan's reign.
Hyderabad State was a state in Dominion and later Republic of India,formed after the accession of the State of Hyderabad into the Union on 17 September 1948. It existed from 1948 to 1956.
The history of Telangana,located on the high Deccan Plateau,includes its being ruled by the Satavahana Dynasty,the Kakatiya Dynasty (1083–1323),the Musunuri Nayaks (1326–1356),the Delhi Sultanate,the Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1512),Golconda Sultanate (1512–1687) and Asaf Jahi dynasty (1724-1950).
Mir Najaf Ali Khan is a grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad,Mir Osman Ali Khan. He manages a few trusts of the last Nizam,including the Nizam's Trust.
