This article is about this princely state in India from 1724–1948. For the superseding Indian State from 1948–1956, see Hyderabad State (1948–1956). For the modern state, see Telangana.
Hyderabad (dark green) and Berar Province, not a part of Hyderabad State but also the Nizam's Dominion between 1853 and 1903 (light green)
Status
Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798) Semi-indepenent under British Protection (1798–1858) Princely state of British Raj (1858–1947) Unrecognised Independent State (1947–1948)
Capital
Aurangabad (1724–1763) Hyderabad (1763–1948)
Official languages
Persian (Court and revenue 1724–1886) and Urdu (Dynastic)[1] Urdu (For Court and revenue from 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
Absolute Monarchy
Nizam/Prince (1858–1947)
• 1720–1748
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
• Annexation by India[6]
18 September 1948
• States Reorganisation Act
1 November 1956
Area
1941[7]
214,187 km2 (82,698 sq mi)
Population
• 1941[7]
16,338,534
Currency
Hyderabadi rupee
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
• Viceroy of the Deccan
Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
Today part of
India
Princely state
Salute state
British paramountcy
Chamber of Princes
Jagir
Agencies of British India
Residencies of British India
Doctrine of lapse
Political pensioner
Privy Purse
Standstill agreement
Instrument of Accession
Individual residencies
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Indore (Holkar)
Jammu and Kashmir
Mysore (Maisur)
Quilon
Sikkim
Agencies
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Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States
Bhopawar
Bundelkhand
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Gwalior Residency
Jaipur Residency
Madras States
Mahi Kantha
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Hyderabad State (pronunciationⓘ)[8] was an independent monarchy/princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of Indian Subcontinent with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India.
The state was ruled from 1724 to 1857 by the Nizam, who was initially a viceroy of the Mughal empire in the Deccan. Hyderabad gradually became the first princely state to come under British paramountcy signing a subsidiary alliance agreement. During the British rule in 1901, the state had an average revenue of Rs. 417,000,000, making it the wealthiest princely state in India.[9] The native inhabitants of Hyderabad Deccan, regardless of ethnic origin, are called "Mulki" (countryman), a term still used today.[10][11]
The dynasty declared itself an independent monarchy during the final years of the British Raj. After the Partition of India, Hyderabad signed a standstill agreement with the new dominion of India, continuing all previous arrangements except for the stationing of Indian troops in the state. Hyderabad's location in the middle of the Indian Union, as well as its diverse cultural heritage, led to India's annexation of the state in 1948.[12] Subsequently, Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam, signed an instrument of accession, joining India.[13]
Painting of First Nizam ul MulkOn 22 February 1937, a cover story by Time called Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII the wealthiest man in the world
^Tariqh Rahman (2008). Urdu In hyderabad. Department of Languages and cultures in Asia. p. 36. The Nizams from Mīr Qamruíd-Dīn Khān (1724-48) until the sixth ruler of the house Mīr Maḥbūb ʿAlī Khān (1869-1911) used Persian as their court language, in common with the prevailing fashion of their times, though they spoke Urdu at home.
^Beverley, Hyderabad, British India, and the World 2015, p. 110.
^Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, p. 20.
^MiO'Dwyer, Michael (1988), India as I Knew it: 1885–1925, Mittal Publications, pp. 137–, GGKEY:DB7YTGYWP7W
^Smith 1950, pp. 27–28.
^Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 7: "'Operation Polo', the code name for the armed invasion of Hyderabad"
^ abHusain, Mazhar (1947). Census Of India 1941 Vol-xxi H.e.h. The Nizams Dominions (hyd State).
^Ali, Cherágh (1886). Hyderabad (Deccan) Under Sir Salar Jung. Printed at the Education Society's Press.
^"Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 13, page 277 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library".
^Leonard, Karen Isaksen (2007). Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5442-2.
^Reddy, AuthorDeepika. "The 1952 Mulki agitation". Telangana Today. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^Sherman, Taylor C. (2007), "The integration of the princely state of Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1948–56" (PDF), The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 44 (4): 489–516, doi:10.1177/001946460704400404, S2CID 145000228
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