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At 5 p.m. on 17 September, the Nizam's army surrendered. The Government of Hyderabad resigned, and military governors and chief ministers were appointed by the Nizam at India's direction. [49] [50] On 26 January 1950, [51] [52] India formally incorporated the state of Hyderabad into the Union of India and ended the rule of the Nizams. [53]
The Nizams of Hyderabad, also known as the Asaf Jahi dynasty, ruled Hyderabad State, [note 1] which comprised Telangana, Marathwada and Kalyana-Karnataka from 1724 to 1948. Under this period, Hyderabad State was the largest princely state in British India, and had its own mint, currency, railway and postal system. The Nizam acquired massive ...
Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a historic city noted for its many monuments, temples, mosques and bazaars. A multitude of influences have shaped the character of the city in the last 400 years. The city of Hyderabad was founded by the Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591. It was built around the Charminar, which formed the centrepiece of the city ...
Granted the style of His Exalted Highness (1 January 1918), the title of Faithful Ally of the British Government (24 January 1918) and Nizam of Hyderabad and of Berar (13 November 1936). The last of the ruling Nizams; ruled absolutely from his accession until 19 September 1948, when the state was formally annexed to the Union. Maintained semi ...
The Hyderabad State Congress was a political party in the princely state of Hyderabad that sought civil rights, representative democracy and the union of Hyderabad with the Republic of India. It opposed the autocratic rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the militancy of the Razakars. HSC was formed in 1938.
He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 [8] and ruled the State of Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until the Indian Union annexed it. [9] He was styled as His Exalted Highness (H.E.H) the Nizam of Hyderabad, [10] and was widely considered one of the world's wealthiest people of all time. [11]
[citation needed] Qasim Razvi led the private Razakar army fighting for continuation of the Nizam's rule, and carried out the worst forms of atrocities on people. [1] [2] [3] The Government of India liberated and assimilated the Hyderabad State on 17 September 1948, in an operation by the Indian Army called Operation Polo.
This article lists the prime ministers of the Hyderabad State. In 1919, Asaf Jah VII ordered the formation of the Executive Council of Hyderabad, presided by Sir Sayyid Ali Imam, and with eight other members, each in charge of one or more departments. The President of the Executive Council would also be the Prime Minister of Hyderabad.