Operation Polo- Hyderabad State was annexed by the Government of India (12 sett 1948 anni – 17 sett 1948 anni)

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Operation Polo was a significant military operation conducted by the Indian Armed Forces in September 1948, which resulted in the annexation of the princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union. The operation was launched after the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, refused to accede his state to India after the country gained independence in 1947.- https://www.siasat.com/operation-polo-how-the-annexation-of-hyderabad-unfolded-on-sept-17-1948-3097962/

So, the richest and largest princely state that was ruled by a Muslim simply couldn’t be integrated very easily into the new nation. It was just far too triggering for the soft Hindu state.

Upon witnessing the refusal of the ruling Nizam, the new Indian state then opted for force. They unleashed a so-called “police action” that would last far too long and see far too many Muslim victims, who were subjected to the “revenge” of their Hindu “friends” and neighbors who always felt that the Hyderabad State was illegitimate, if not an entirely foreign entity.

As per The Quint, basing itself on a committee report that had been suppressed by succeeding (Hindu nationalist and secular) governments till 2013 (for obvious reasons), the victims were into the tens of thousands. The numbers lie anywhere between 27,000 to 40,000 individuals either put to death immediately or killed after first being inhumanly subjected to extreme forms of torture and sexual violence.

The Muslims tried to respond to this force with a force of their own, organizing the Razakars, a paramilitary force. However, they were eventually crushed due to the sheer numbers and military technology of their opponents. Kasim Razvi, the leader of the Razakars was forced to migrate to Pakistan.

The “brain” behind Operation Polo was someone named Sardar Patel, one of Nehru’s closest collaborators, if not the closest. He was also a soft Hindu nationalist, probably the reason why the ruling BJP party inaugurated the “Statue of Unity” in 2018, with Sardar Patel having been transformed into the world’s largest statue (182 meters) due to supposedly having “unified” India. - https://muslimskeptic.com/2023/09/17/operation-polo/

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