Hyderabad State

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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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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

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Gulbarga division locatedInFormerPoliticalEntity Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Princely State of Hyderabad
Bhagyanagar relatedTo Hyderabad State
Begum usedInRegion Hyderabad State
Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I founded Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State under the Nizams
Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I successorState Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State under later Nizams
Nightingale of India placeOfBirth Hyderabad State
subject surface form: Sarojini Naidu
Marathwada historicalRegionOf Hyderabad State
Marathwada historicallyPartOf Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Nizam's Hyderabad State
Aghorenath Chattopadhyay employer Hyderabad State
Bombay State borderedBy Hyderabad State
Latur historicalRegion Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (former)
Hyderabad-Karnataka historicallyPartOf Hyderabad State
Khadki partOf Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (historical)
Golconda predecessorStateOf Hyderabad State
Golconda previousColonialRegion Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (princely state)
Nalgonda historicalEra Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State period
Raichur Fort associatedWith Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad state
Mir Mahbub Ali Khan countryRuled Hyderabad State
Mir Mahbub Ali Khan birthPlace Hyderabad State
Mir Mahbub Ali Khan deathPlace Hyderabad State
P. V. Narasimha Rao placeOfBirth Hyderabad State
Zakir Husain placeOfBirth Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State, British India
Medak district wasPartOf Hyderabad State
Nizamabad district historicalRegion Hyderabad State
Hyderabadi contingent allied to the British region Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State in the Deccan
Nizam Sagar Dam historicalJurisdiction Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Princely State of Hyderabad
forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad country Hyderabad State
forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad partOf Hyderabad State
His Exalted Highness usedIn Hyderabad State
His Exalted Highness usedInTreatiesOf Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway country Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway operatedIn Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway owner Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway namedAfter Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway railwaySystemOf Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State Railway governedBy Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State authorities
Osmania General Hospital (as patron) formerState Hyderabad State
subject surface form: Osmania General Hospital