Operation Polo
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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…
- Opinions
Nizam’s Hyderabad State was merged with India, neither liberated nor annexed
The discussion on the Police Action (Operation Polo) against the Hyderabad State of the erstwhile Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan has begun to pick up speed, thanks to the polarization policy of…
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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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Documentary review: Police Action 1948 and the trauma of remembrance
Hyderabad: Fugitive traces of memory from the horrors of the 1948 annexation lurk in parts of Hyderabad, obscured by time and history. When Pomegranate Turns Grey, produced by Maktoob Originals and directed…
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How Vallabhbhai Patel planned Hyderabad’s Operation Polo
“Gandhi’s death reunited Nehru and Patel. Their reconciliation not only saved Congress and India’s central government from collapse, but it kept Nehru in power. Without the Sardar’s strength and support Nehru might…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Ahead of Telangana polls, BJP supporting right-wing movies
Hyderabad: There has been a growing animosity between the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) state government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party lately. Both parties are at loggerheads and won’t leave…
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Telangana: KCR to pay tributes to Chakali Ailamma on birth anniversary
Hyderabad: On occasion of Chakali Ailamma’s birth anniversary, chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao will pay tributes to the icon of Telangana’s Armed Struggle Chityala (Chakali) on Monday. Remembering Ailamma’s services and her…
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Hyderabadis talk about Police Action/Operation Polo 1948
Hyderabad: The Siasat Daily went around the city to talk to a few people about police action/operation polo that was the official annexation of Hyderabad state into union of India.
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What was Hyderabad police action/operation polo 1948 ft. Mir Ayoob Ali Khan
Hyderabad :The Team of The Siasat Daily spoke to renowned journalist from the city, Mir Ayoob Ali Khan to understand what really happened in the police action 1948.
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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: The significance of Operation Polo for India
By Pankaj Sethi Hyderabad: V P Menon, Secretary in the Ministry of States, was the man tasked by then Union Home Minister Sardar Patel (in 1947) to ensure that the Princely States…
- Hyderabad
Sept 17 1948: Operation Polo; the violent history of Hyderabad’s annexation
Mimansa Sharma Hyderabad: Stories of independent India follow the narrative of partition, loss, plunder and integration of the princely states into the country. A process which was bloody and ruthless. The erstwhile…
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