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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.
5 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hyderabad ( / ˈhaɪdərəbæd / ⓘ HY-dər-ə-bad; [5] Telugu: [ˈɦaɪ̯daraːbaːd], Urdu: [ˈɦɛːdəɾaːbaːd]) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India.
3 days ago · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The Telangana region was part of the Hyderabad state from 17th September 1948 to 1st November 1956, until it was merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh. After decades of movement for a separate State, Telangana was created by passing the AP State Reorganization Bill in both houses of Parliament.
Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh's de jure capital. It is a historic city with rich culture, cuisine, and monuments.
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.
