Hyderabad State

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former administrative division princely state

Hyderabad State was a large princely state in south-central India, ruled by the Nizams under British suzerainty until its integration into the Indian Union in 1948.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nizam of Hyderabad	13
Hyderabad State (Nizam-ruled Telangana)	1
Hyderabad State (as British ally in later phases)	1
Hyderabad State (former)	1
Hyderabad State (historical)	1
Hyderabad State (initially)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division ⓘ princely state ⓘ
accessionInstrument	Instrument of Accession ⓘ surface form: Instrument of Accession to India
accessionYear	1948 ⓘ
area	approximately 214000 square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy	Bombay Presidency ⓘ Central Provinces ⓘ surface form: Central Provinces and Berar Madras Presidency ⓘ
capital	Hyderabad ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
currency	Hyderabadi rupee ⓘ
dateDissolved	1948 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1724 ⓘ
demographics	Muslim ruling elite over Hindu majority population ⓘ
event	annexed by India in Operation Polo ⓘ became de facto independent from Mughal Empire in 1724 ⓘ came under British paramountcy in 19th century ⓘ refused to accede to India in 1947 ⓘ
foundedBy	Asaf Jahi dynasty ⓘ surface form: Asaf Jah I
founder	Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I ⓘ
governmentType	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hadSubdivisions	Aurangabad ⓘ surface form: Aurangabad division Gulbarga division ⓘ Gulshanabad (Medak) division ⓘ Warangal division ⓘ
integratedInto	Dominion of India ⓘ
languageCommon	Kannada ⓘ Marathi ⓘ Telugu ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
lastRuler	Nizam ⓘ surface form: Mir Osman Ali Khan
legalStatus	princely state under British paramountcy ⓘ
locatedIn	south-central India ⓘ
notableEvent	Telangana peasant armed struggle (late 1940s) ⓘ police action Operation Polo (September 1948) ⓘ
overlord	British Empire ⓘ
partOf	British Raj princely states system ⓘ
populationCensus	about 16 million in 1941 ⓘ
religionMajority	Hinduism ⓘ
religionOfficial	Islam ⓘ
rulerTitle	Nizam ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Asaf Jahi dynasty ⓘ
successorState	India ⓘ
suzeraintyOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
territoryNowIn	Karnataka ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Telangana ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnatic Wars → affectedTerritory → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Anglo-Maratha Wars → belligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (as British ally in later phases)

Battle of Assaye → belligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Battle of Palkhed → belligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Second Anglo-Mysore War → belligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Andhra State → borderedBy → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Central Provinces → borderedBy → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Telangana (parts) → borderedBy → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (historical)

Third Anglo-Mysore War → coalitionMember → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War → combatant → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Maratha Empire → conflict → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War → conflictBetween → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Asaf Jahi dynasty → country → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Nizam → country → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Osman Sagar → creator → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Telangana (parts) → distinctFrom → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (Nizam-ruled Telangana)

Chamber of Princes → excludes → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (initially)

Hyderabad → formerPrincelyStateCapital → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Carnatic Wars → hasParticipant → Hyderabad State ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Carnatic War

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Nanded → historicalRegion → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (former)

Telangana → historicalRegion → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Second Carnatic War → involvedAlly → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

First Anglo-Mysore War → involvedPolity → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Indian princely states → largestState → Hyderabad State ⓘ

First Anglo-Mysore War → mainBelligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Third Anglo-Mysore War → mainBelligerent → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Battle of Palkhed → opponentOf → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Sarojini Naidu → placeOfBirth → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Battle of Palkhed → primaryCombatantLeader → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Battle of Palkhed → relatedTo → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Mughal dynasty → successorState → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Second Carnatic War → theatreOfWar → Hyderabad State ⓘ

Asaf Jahi dynasty → titleHeld → Hyderabad State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad

Nizam → titleHolderOf → Hyderabad State ⓘ