Hyderabad Operation Polo
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Operation Polo: Will Hyderabad ever know the truth?
Hyderabad: Telangana Praja Palana Dinotsavam (People’s Governance Day). That is the new moniker for Operation Polo, the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India on September 17, 1948, given by the…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP seeks ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ in textbooks
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday, September 13, demanded that the state government include “Hyderabad Liberation Day” on September 17 in textbooks. The erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad under…
- Telangana
SC order protects 600 acre forest land in Telangana from illegal claimants
Hyderabad: In a landmark judgement in a case spanning more than 75 years, the Supreme Court of India has dismissed an appeal by two individuals, who were staking claim to ownership of…
- Featured News
September 13, 1948: Operation Polo and the politicisation of Hyderabad’s history
Hyderabad: For the longest time there was a silence maintained by the central and state governments when it came to events surrounding the annexation of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad to…
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Hyderabad 1948: Military Intervention or Police Action or a Polo Match?
When Dosabhoy Framji Karaka, the Bombay-based veteran war correspondent of British India, wrote about the finer military details of Operation Polo, not only was he implying that the brief war was named…
- Hyderabad
Operation Polo 1948: How Hyderabad’s last Nizam agreed to give up his land for reform
By Pankaj Sethi Land ownership in British India had remained mired in its feudal past. The East India Company, and later the British Crown, took over from the conquered rulers the task…
