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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.
Jul 3, 2024 · Hyderabad, former princely state of south-central India that was centered 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 Āṣaf Jāh in 1724.
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Hyderabad State, (its capital and largest city Hyderabad) under the Nizams of Hyderabad, was the largest princely state in India, with an area larger than England, Scotland and Wales combined. It was considered the "senior-most" princely-state, and within the elaborate protocols of the Raj, its ruler the Nizam was accorded a 21-gun salute.
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. Hyderabad State comprised present day Telangana , Marathwada and Hyderabad-Karnataka
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Hyderabad state was located in the south-central Indian subcontinent from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam who was Muslim. Islam was strongly represented in the principality although the majority of the population were Hindu.
Sep 17, 2018 · At noon on September 17, 1948, the 2,12,000 square kilometre-large kingdom of Hyderabad ceased to exist as a princely state after it surrendered to Indian forces fighting under the command of Major General JN Chaudhari.
Jul 21, 1998 · 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.
