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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Carnatic relatedTo Hyderabad State
Subhan Quli Qutb Shah successorState Hyderabad State
Nampally historicalAssociation Hyderabad State
Operation Polo location Hyderabad State
Operation Polo opponent Hyderabad State
Operation Polo belligerent Hyderabad State
Ameerpet historicallyPartOf Hyderabad State
Mir Osman Ali Khan country Hyderabad State
Mir Osman Ali Khan territoryRuled Hyderabad State
Osman Sagar Dam historicalJurisdiction Hyderabad State
Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan founded Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State under the Nizams
Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan regionRuled Hyderabad State
Nasir Jung country Hyderabad State
Nasir Jung governedTerritory Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah II countryRuled Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah V countryRuled Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah V monarchOf Hyderabad State
Himayat Ali Khan countryOfCitizenship Hyderabad State
Himayat Ali Khan associatedWith Hyderabad State
Himayat Ali Khan territorialAssociation Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Princely State of Hyderabad
Nizam’s court locatedIn Hyderabad State
Nizam’s court partOf Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Princely State of Hyderabad
Kingdom of Hyderabad commonName Hyderabad State
Hyderabadi Muslims historicalRegion Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah IV countryRuled Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah IV territorialDomain Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State in the Deccan Plateau
Hussain Shah Wali associatedWith Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State (historical)
Asaf Jah III countryRuled Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah III associatedWith Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State nobility
Asaf Jah III seatOfPower Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VI countryRuled Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VI birthPlace Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VI deathPlace Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VI monarchOf Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VI burialPlace Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VII country Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VII governedTerritory Hyderabad State
Asaf Jah VII successorState Hyderabad State
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State within the Union of India
Imperial Service Troops raisedFrom Hyderabad State