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  1. After attempts by India to persuade the Nizam to accede to India failed, and due to large-scale atrocities committed by Razakars (who wanted the Nizam to accede Hyderabad to Pakistan) on the Hindu populace, [20] the Indian government finally launched a military operation named Operation Polo.

  2. Nizam’s rule ends, Hyderabad state merges into India. At 5pm on September 17, 1948, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of the state of Hyderabad, issued a “farman” (royal decree) over All ...

  3. Nov 19, 2022 · After the Independence of India, when 500 odd princely states were faced with the choice of joining either India or Pakistan, the Nizam decided to opt for an independent Hyderabad. The Nizam’s decision was in no way acceptable to the Congress government in India.

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  4. Sep 17, 2018 · While India did manage to sign the Instrument of Accession with many princely states at the time of Independence, the Nizam of Hyderabad did harbour hopes of Independence or at least a merger with Pakistan.

  5. Sep 11, 2024 · In response to the protests, the Government of India deployed armed forces to compel the Nizam to merge Hyderabad into India. The military operation to achieve integration was termed “Operation Polo”.

  6. Sep 17, 2022 · In response to an uprising in July 1946 against forceful land acquisition on the part of a hereditary tax collector named Visnur Ramachandra Reddy, by October 1946, the Nizam banned the AMS. A close aide of the Nizam, Qasim Razvi, leader of the Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, became closely involved in securing the Nizam’s position. Advertisement.

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  8. Nizam-ul-Mulk (d. 1748) was a Mughal nobleman who founded the post-Mughal successor state of Hyderabad. Engaging the Nizam's long and varied career, this essay re-evaluates the Nizam's decision to abandon the Mughal imperial system. In so doing, it highlights the ways in which the Nizam's story contrasts with that