17 Sept 1948 Jahr - Hyderabad
Merger
Beschreibung:
- It was the largest and richest of all princely states, covered a large portion of the Deccan plateau
- Nizam Mir Usman Ali was presiding over a largely Hindu population in the princely state
- Things took a turn for the worse when armed fanatics (called Razakars) unleashed violence targeted at Hyderabad’s Hindu residents
- On September 13, 1948, Indian troops were sent to Hyderabad under ‘Operation Polo’
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