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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.
- Hyderabad
‘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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Operation Polo: Remembering it would open old wounds
Hyderabad: Come September and the political temperature rises in Hyderabad. What generates heat is the million dollar question: was Hyderabad liberated or merged? Like the who came first, chicken- or egg-conundrum the…
- Opinions
Operation Polo: Integration of Hyderabad into Indian Union
In 1947, when the British left and India became Independent, the princely states had the choice/option to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. Being one state not under the British…
- Telangana
Remembering Telangana’s Ravi Narayan Reddy, the 1st to enter India’s Parliament
By Vijay Burgula Hyderabad: The first Lok Sabha was constituted on the April 17, 1952 ,after India’s first General Election and as historian Ramachandra Guha notes in his book ‘India After Gandhi’:…
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Memoirs of late CPI leader Burgula Narsing Rao released
Hyderabad: ‘Living Those Times’, memoirs and writings of the late Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Burgula Narsing Rao was released in the city on Monday. Rao, who was a left student…
- India
Gujarat: 7 students injured in police action over ‘garba’ event
Surat: Seven students were injured in a clash with police over a ‘garba’ dance event organised on a university campus in Gujarat’s Surat city during the ongoing Navratri festival, officials said on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad is in my hands, said Sardar Patel after Nizam said no to Mountbatten
“Now, Hyderabad is in my hands.” This was how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel exulted after India’s Agent General K M Munshi informed him of the Nizam’s ‘no’ to a proposal by Mountbatten. This…
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Hyderabad 1948: How the MIM and Razakars held sway over the Nizam
By Mohammed Sibgatullah Khan Hyderabad: September of 1948 was a tumultuous month for South Asia. The largest and last remaining princely state of Hyderabad ruled by its last Nizam Mir Osman Ali…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad 1948: When the ‘7 Mirzas’ asked Nizam Osman Ali Khan to disband Razakars
By Vijay Burgula Hyderabad:13th September 1948 which marks the beginning of Police Action must have been a day of heartbreak for nationalist minded Muslims such as Fareed Mirza in Hyderabad as the…
- Hyderabad
Sept 13, 1948: When the Indian army came marching in to take over Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Exactly this day 73 years ago in 1948, the Indian government, after months of deliberations and talks with the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, finally decided to send its army…
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September 17—Merger of Hyd with India, annexation or liberation?
Hyderabad: September 17 is here once again. This year, the date marks 72 years since the erstwhile State of Hyderabad, ruled by its last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, was annexed to India…
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If Hyd’s last Nizam was evil, why did India make him Rajpramukh?
Hyderabad: When India gained independence from the British on August 15, 1947, not all of the 500 plus princely states had acceded to India. Among the handful that wanted to stay independent was…
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The case of Hyderabad State before UN in September 1948
Moses Tulasi “In my Government’s view, Hyderabad is not competent to bring any question before the Security Council; that it is not a State; that it is not independent; that never in…
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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: BJP ignores Telangana Peasant Uprising
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana has been raising temperatures over marking September 1, the date which marks 72 years since the erstwhile Princely State of Hyderabad was annexed to…
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