Hyderabad State or Hyderabad Deccan was a kingdom,country,and princely state in the Deccan with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the state of Telangana,the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka,and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in present-day India,which annexed it in 1948.
The princely state of Hyderabad was annexed by India in September 1948 through a military operation code-named Operation Polo,which was dubbed a "police action".
Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of 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".
Mir Osman Ali Khan,Asaf Jah VII was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad,the largest state in the British Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911,at the age of 25 and ruled the State 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 one of the world's wealthiest people of all time. With some estimates 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 mint,printing his 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.
Kasim Razvi was a politician in the princely state of Hyderabad. He was the president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party from December 1946 until the state's Annexation in 1948. He was also the founder of the Razakar militia in the state. He held the levers of power with the Nizam of Hyderabad,blocking the possibilities of his accommodation with the Dominion of India.
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 from 1853 until his death in 1883. He also served as regent for the sixth Nizam,Asaf Jah VI between 1869 and 1883.
The Salar Jung family was a noble Hyderabad family under the Nizams,who ruled from 1720 to 1948. They are credited with safeguarding rare artifacts and collections,which are now at Salar Jung Museum.
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.
King Kothi Palace or Nazri Bagh Palace is a royal palace in Hyderabad,Telangana,India. It was the palace where the erstwhile ruler of Hyderabad State,Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan,the seventh Nizam,lived. It was a palace bought by his father Mahboob Ali Pasha,who had a penchant for buying ostentatious homes.
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 Indo-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-most senior position among the Hyderabad Deccan nobility,below three members of the Paigah family.
Sir Mir Laiq Ali Khan,Salar Jung II was a former Prime Minister of Hyderabad State (1884–1887). He belonged to the noble Salar Jung family. He is also known for authoring the Persian-language travelogue Vaqayeʿ-e Mosaferat.
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.
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 Laiq Ali. The book was written and published in 1962 by Mir Laiq Ali on the account of events following the independence of the Hyderabad State and India from the British Empire,as outlined in the Independence of India Act,reveals that the princely states were given the choice to either join India,Pakistan,or remain independent. Hyderabad chose the path of independence. The book translated into Telugu by 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. Hyderabad State comprised present day Telangana,Marathwada and Hyderabad-Karnataka
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).
Razakar,also marketed as Razakar:The Silent Genocide Of Hyderabad,is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language epic historical action drama film written and directed by Yata Satyanarayana based on the events leading to Operation Polo in the erstwhile Princely state of Hyderabad. The film is produced by Gudur Narayana Reddy,under Samarveer Creation LLP. It was released on 15 March 2024.
