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Osman Ali Khan: Hyderabad’s last Nizam, whose works outlive political agendas
Hyderabad: For the longest time in Hyderabad, any debate about the city’s last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, would largely revolve around his governance and contributions to the city’s development, with criticism…
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VII Nizam of Hyderabad Osman Ali Khan opened clinic at Kumbh in 1942
Hyderabad: The VII Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan provided healthcare services during the Kumbh Mela in 1942. As per ‘A Rare Report of Nizam Ayurvedic Mobile Clinic,’ he established the…
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The Nizam and Swaraj: Osman Ali Khan’s ‘Indianness’ was never in doubt
By Mohammed Ayub Khan Toronto (Canada): The characterization of Hyderabad’s integration into the Indian Union as ‘liberation’ is a problematic proposition. It is based on a selective and simplistic understanding of history…
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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…
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Hyderabad: Pathargatti needs attention as weeds grow on it
Hyderabad: Pathargatti, a historic boulevard constructed of stone and situated at Madina center, Hyderabad, is in dire need of attention. The monument which was built during the reign of the last Nizam…
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Birth anniversary of richest Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan observed
Hyderabad: The birth anniversary of the last and the richest Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was observed on Thursday. Relatives, historians, and others visited Masjid-e-Judi at King Kothi to offer…
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Tributes paid to last Nizam of Hyderabad Osman Ali Khan on death anniversary
Hyderabad: On the 56th death anniversary of the last Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, his family members and associates paid floral tributes and offered prayers at his mausoleum at Masjid…
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British interfered even in the private affairs of the Nizams
The harem culture was common in all royal households in India and it is this very culture that has resulted in succession wars. A common understanding is that the harem and the…
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The last Nizam, or a Cul-de-sac in 20th century Muslim history
Hyderabad used to be a large princely state, the size of Kansas, in the middle of the Deccan Plateau in Southern India. It merged with free India more than a year after…
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8th Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah laid to rest at Makkah Masjid with state honours
Hyderabad: The mortal remains of Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, was laid to rest at the historic 17th-century Makkah Masjid on Wednesday evening. Maulana Hafiz Qari Qureshi, the…
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Legacy of Nizam of Hyderabad comes to end with passing away of Mir Mukkaram Jah
Hyderabad: Mir Mukkaram Jah, the grandson of the last Nizam Osman Ali Khan, died on Saturday night at 10:30 pm in Istanbul, Turkey. He was 90 and died peacefully in sleep due…
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Mukkaram Jah’s demise: Shabbir Ali demands official holiday on Jan 17
Hyderabad: Reacting to the demise of Nizam Mir Mukkaram Jah, the grandson of the last Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Congress leader and former minister Shabbir Ali has demanded a state funeral and a…
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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…
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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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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: Like Nizam, others also didn’t join India in 1947
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) loves to attack the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, for his decision to stay independent after August 15, 1947. Calling his reign ‘tyrannical’…
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