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Hyderabad State or Hyderabad Deccan was a kingdom, country, and princely state in the Deccan with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the state of Telangana , the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka , and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in present-day India , which annexed it in 1948.
Hyderabad State was a state in Dominion and later Republic of India, formed after the accession of the State of Hyderabad into the Union on 17 September 1948. It existed from 1948 to 1956. Following the States Reorganisation Act , which implemented a linguistic reorganisation of states, the Hyderabad state was dissolved.
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Jul 3, 2024 · Hyderabad was a princely state of south-central India that was centered on the city of Hyderabad. It was founded by Nizam al-Mulk (Āṣaf Jāh).
Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. [1] These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances .
Hyderabad was the only Indian Princely State that was allowed to continue issuing its own notes after it became a part of the Dominion of India in 1948 and the Republic of India in 1950. The Hyderabadi rupee was an independent currency separate from the Indian rupee.
Image of a map of the princely state of Hyderabad during the British Raj published by the Imperial Gazetteer of India.
Jan 2, 2024 · Coordinates: 17°00′N 78°50′E / 17.000°N 78.833°E. This article is about this princely state in India from 1724–1948. For the superseding Indian State from 1948–1956, see Hyderabad State (1948–1956). For the modern state, see Telangana.
The seniormost (21-gun) princely state in British India, Hyderabad was an 82,000 square mile (212,000 km²) region (larger than England and Scotland combined) in the Deccan ruled by the Asif Jahi dynasty, who had the title of Nizam and was bestowed the title of His Exalted Highness by the British Empire. The Nizam set up many institutions in ...
May 28, 2024 · Approximately 584 princely states, commonly referred to as “native states,” that were not officially and totally a part of British India existed in India prior to the Partition of India in 1947. They had the option of joining either India or Pakistan or staying independent after gaining their independence.
