Mir Osman Ali Khan
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Dum kay roat of Muharram; a tradition beyond ritual
Hyderabad: There’s no religious compulsion behind it, nor any theological endorsement. Yet the allure of Dum kay Roat during Muharram remains irresistible. Much like haleem, which finds prominence in Ramzan despite having…
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Nizam VII embraced change with magnanimity; presented poetic tribute to India’s Republic Day
Hyderabad: India celebrated its first Republic Day in 1950 marked by grand festivities across the country. While Delhi witnessed a majestic parade at Rajpath, Hyderabad commemorated the occasion in its unique way…
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Operation Polo: How the annexation of Hyderabad unfolded on Sept 17, 1948
Hyderabad: War, merger, liberation, annexation, take over etc are a bunch of words that different people with differing views on the subject of Operation Polo or Police Action use. The term is…
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Hyderabad: Splendid specimen of Arabic Zodiac Panel of Nazri Bagh, residence of Osman Ali Khan
The Nazri Bagh Palace complex was originally built by a nobleman Kamal Khan and was later sold to the Sixth Nizam, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, who bought it for his heir apparent,…
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Maulana Maududi pleaded with Qasim Razvi to avoid fighting Indian Army
The cacophony of political upheaval, the fervour of independence, religious zealotry and the lust for clinging on to power tend to blindside people. All of this was happening in Hyderabad in the…
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Zairin vs Mukarram Jah family: A battle over paternity
Hyderabad: The Estate of the Nizam and the family of Mukarram Jah recently issued a public notice objecting to Zairin suffixing the name of Nizam VIII with hers. They also questioned Zairin’s…
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Grandson of the Nizam Shahamat Jah passes away; he was a lonely poet
Hyderabad: Prince Shahamat Jah, the grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State Mir Osman Ali Khan, passed away at a hospital on Sunday (July 30). He was about 70 years old.…
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Hyderabad: Facsimile copy of Nizams’ farmans released by Iran ambassador
Hyderabad: Dr Irajllah, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi has released the first facsimile copy of the chicket book of farmans of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam…
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Hyderabad: Last Nizam’s great-granddaughter pays homage to royalty fashion
By Sanjana Gupta Taduri “When I wore the Khada dupatta at my wedding, a garment passed on to brides in the family, I didn’t give it a lot of thought. But it…
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Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, an extraordinary yet controversial ruler of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Telangana Council of Historical Research has described the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur as a vassal ruler, who sought no religious bias nor discriminated among Hindus…
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Nizam held out thinking that Osmanistan would fructify; Patel scuppered it
New Delhi: Many of the larger Princely States tinkered with the idea of remaining independent in the run-up to Independence. The dramatis personae who thought of this third Dominion or Princestan idea…
