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Congress used Illegal tactics to destabilise Nizam govt; border raids, economic blockades formed part of the game
Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel, the first home minister of independent India and the deputy PM, was so concerned with Hyderabad to the point he was willing to trade Kashmir with Hyderabad when Jinnah…
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Christmas in Hyderabad during Muslim Rule
An amusing Christmas anecdote from the late 17th century Hyderabad is found in Serish Nanisetty’s recent book Golconda/Bagnagar/Hyderabad – Rise and Fall of a Global Metropolis in Medieval India. This was on…
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Mir Laiq Ali, the captain who ensured the sinking of Hyderabad ship
Of all the political absurdities leading to the forceful annexation of Hyderabad state to Indian Union, nothing perhaps is more perplexing than the appointment of an engineer-turned-businessman with no political experience whatsoever…
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Theatrics of K M Munshi the Agent-General of India to Hyderabad State in 1948
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, a lawyer turned politician from Gujarat and former home minister of Bombay Presidency sat in the Indian Independence Bill conference chaired by Lord Mountbatten on July 2nd, 1947 alongside…
