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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 states of Telangana , the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka , and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in present-day India , which annexed it in 1948.
Telangana is surrounded by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in the North, Karnataka in the West and Andhra Pradesh in the South and East directions. Major cities of the State include Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Khammam and Karimnagar.
The name Hyderabad means "Haydar's City" or "Lion City", from haydar 'lion' and ābād 'city', after Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, also known as Haydar because of his lion-like valour in battle. The city was originally called Baghnagar ("city of gardens"), and later acquired the name Hyderabad.
Following the Indian Independence in 1947—the Hyderabad state joined the Union of India in 1948 after a police action. In 1956, the Hyderabad State was dissolved—and its Telugu speaking region Telangana was merged with the Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh.
4 days ago · Hyderabad is a city in Telangana state, south-central India. It is Telangana’s largest and most populous city and is the major urban center for all of south-central interior India. It is located on the Musi River in the heart of the Telangana Plateau, a major upland region of peninsular India.
2 days ago · Telangana. state, India. Also known as: Andhra, Telengana, Telingana. Written by. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Sep 1, 2023 · Telangana is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh and is going to exist as separate state from 2 June 2014. It is very important to know the history of Telangana and the background of separate statehood demand.
Hyderābād and Berar ( Telugu: హైదరాబాదు, Urdu: حیدر آباد) under the Nizams, was the largest Princely state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. The Berar region of present-day Vidarbha in Maharashtra was merged with the Central Provinces in 1903, to form Central Provinces and Berar . Hyderabad state was in south-central India from 1724 until 1948.
Hyderabad, India. From upper left clockwise: Charminar, Tall Buildings, Hussain Sagar, Golconda Fort, Chowmahalla Palace, and Birla Mandir. Hyderabad (pronounced ( / ˈhaɪdərəbɑːd / ( listen) HY-dər-ə-baad )) is the largest city and capital of the state of Telangana.
Hyderabad, former princely state of south-central India that was centred on the city of Hyderabad. It was founded by Nizam al-Mulk (Āṣaf Jāh), who was intermittently viceroy of the Deccan (peninsular India) under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721 and who resumed the post again under the title.
