Hyderabad State
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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.
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State of Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan | |||||||||||
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1724–1948 | |||||||||||
Motto: "Al Azmat Allah" (Greatness belongs to God) "Ya Osman" (Oh Osman) | |||||||||||
Anthem: "O Osman" | |||||||||||
Status | Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798) Princely state of British India (1798–1947) Unrecognised state (1947–1948) | ||||||||||
Capital | Aurangabad (1724–1763) Hyderabad (1763–1948) | ||||||||||
Official languages | Persian (1724–1886)[1]
Urdu (1886–1948) | ||||||||||
Common languages | Telugu (48.2%) Marathi (26.4%) Kannada (12.3%) Urdu (10.3%)[2][3] | ||||||||||
Religion | Hinduism (81%) Islam (13% and State Religion)[4] Christianity and others (6%) (spread among Anglo-Indian population expanding to Secunderabad and Hyderabad) [5] | ||||||||||
Government | Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798)[6][7] Princely State (1798–1950) | ||||||||||
Nizam of Hyderabad | |||||||||||
• 1720–48 | Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1911–56 | Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last, also was Rajpramukh from 1950) | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1724–1730 | Iwaz Khan (first) | ||||||||||
• 1947–1948 | Mir Laiq Ali (Last) | ||||||||||
Historical era | . | ||||||||||
• Established | 1724 | ||||||||||
• Telangana Rebellion | 1946 | ||||||||||
18 September 1948 | |||||||||||
• States Reorganisation Act | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1941[9] | 214,187 km2 (82,698 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1941[9] | 16,338,534 | ||||||||||
Currency | Hyderabadi rupee | ||||||||||
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Today part of | India |
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Hyderabad state was in south-central India from 1724 until 1948. It was ruled by the hereditary Nizam. During the Partition of British India in 1947, the Nizam of Hyderabad declared his intentions of not joining either newly formed India or Pakistan. Sensing trouble, India launched Operation Polo which resulted in the absorption of Hyderabad into the Indian Union, in 1948.