Nizam of Hyderabad, is Fifth on Forbes ‘All Time Wealthiest’ list of 2008 with Net Worth: 210.8 Billion USD. Bill Gates is twentieth, Net Worth: 101.0 Billion USD. This is a list of historical figures who lived during the Industrial age, Information Age, Middle Ages, Ancient world and is solely based on net worth accumulated by inheritance or personal earnings. The estimated net worth of these people is calculated into inflation-adjusted 2007 dollars, from when historical figures were at the peak of their net worth
Last Nizam of Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar, Fath Jang Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII, was The Richest Man in the 1940s, having a fortune estimated at $2 billion. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948 until it was made part of India as a result of Operation Polo launched by the Indian Government.
Nizam of Hyderabad even featured on the cover of TIME magazine. While rulers of other big states like Kashmir, Jodhpur Bikaner, Indore, and Bhopal were given the title of “His Excellency” (H.E.), the Nizam of Hyderabad alone had the title of “His Exalted Highness” (H.E.H.)
During the rule of Aurangzeb’s great grandson Muhammad Shah (1719-1748), the governor of Deccan was one Nizam-ul-Mulk. In 1723 he decided to carve himself a kingdom. Another Mughal functionary, Mubariz Khan had created a near independent state in Hyderabad, which was attacked by the Nizam in 1724. After forsaking his capital in Aurangabad, the Nizam moved to Hyderabad and founded the strongest independent Muslim state of the South.
Later Nizams played puppet pawns in the hands of the British and the French of Pondicherry. After French were defeated by the British, the Nizam of Hyderabad switched his allegiance to the British and ruled till Independence of India under British protection.
When India attained her Independence, and Sardar Patel was in the process of integrating India’s princely states, Jammu and Kashmir, Junagadh and Hyderabad decided to sought accession with Pakistan or declare independence. Hyderabad was the largest of the princely states, and included parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra states. Its ruler, the Nizam Osman Ali Khan was a Muslim, although over 80% of its people were Hindu. The Nizam of Hyderabad kept on changing his position and Patel could take no more.
Patel ordered the Indian Army to integrate Hyderabad (in his capacity as Acting Prime Minister) when Nehru was touring Europe.The action was termed Operation Polo, in which thousands of Razakar forces had been killed, but Hyderabad was comfortably secured into the Indian Union.
Post Operation Polo, Nizam of Hyderabad had lost all its powers, and was merely a ceremonial chief of the state.
Hyderabad, over the course of seven generations of Nizams, had become the richest state of the world. However, the world related most to its seventh ruler, Mir Osaman Ali Khan who is famous for his idiosyncrasies and wealth. He negotiated with the Portuguese in the 1940s to buy Goa from them. He owned world’s grandiose treasures but lived like a pauper, smoke cheap bidhis, and wear tattered clothes.
His collection of pearls alone could fill up an Olympic size swimming pool. He gained the famous Jacob Diamond – the 400 carat diamond, double the size of the Kohinoor and world’s fifth largest, through a famous ‘Diamond Suit’ in 1892. The Jacob Diamond was later purchased by the Government of India in 1995 after a battle of 24 years with the Nizam’s trust for an estimated $13 million along with other Jewels of The Nizams, and is held at the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. The value of Jacob Diamond alone is 100 million pounds. The seventh and last Nizam found the duck-egg-sized diamond hidden in his father’s slippers and used it as a paperweight.
Times reported on Feb 22, 1937 – Most news stories hung on the Richest Man are chiefly chatter about how careful His Exalted Highness is with his pennies — whereas $5,000 is his approximate daily income, his jewels have an estimated value of $150,000,000, he reputedly has salted down $250,000,000 in gold bars and his capital totals some $1,400,000,000, not to mention the fabled “Mines of Golconda…
…The cash Silver Jubilee gifts to the Nizam of Hyderabad, by his subjects were expected this week to total at least $1,000,000.
Nizam’s Jewels, valued at $ 250- $ 350 million by the Sotheby’s and Christie’s, date back to early 18th century to early 20 century. Crafted in gold and silver and embellished with enameling, the jewels are set with Colombian emeralds, diamonds from the Golconda mines, Burmese rubies and spinels, and pearls from Basra and Gulf of Mannar.
While India thought they had settled all deals with the Nizams and their 200 heirs, they are back in the news.
Osman Ali Khan nominated not his son, but grandson Mukarram Jah (born in France and had Turkish mother), to be the next (and last) titled Nizam of Hyderabad. Mukarram Jah could not take the battles over his grandfather’s wealth and escaped to Australia where in spite of having the best possible education money could buy (Harrow, Cambridge, LSE, Sandhurst), he run bulldozers, married and divorced five times, one of them being former Miss Turkey. He now lives in a two room apartment in Istanbul, Turkey.
Nizam of Hyderabad is reported to have impregnated 86 of his mistresses, siring more than 100 illegitimate children and a sea of rival claimants.
However, Jah has not been able to escape it all. He has four sons and a daughter from his five wives. The eldest of them, Azmet Jah , a cameraman in Hollywood who has worked with Steven Spielberg, Richard Attenborough, Nicolas Roeg , hopes to come back to Hyderabad.
“I am determined to maintain what has been saved. We’ll not make the same mistakes again.”
His mother Esra has been visiting Hyderabad and overlooking the work of restoration of Palace Chowmahalla which was compared to the Enchanted Gardens of the Arabian Nights.
India is now on its way to make a final deal with the Nizams. Today, Government of India agreed for an out-of-court settlement with Pakistan and descendants of Nizam of Hyderabad. Mir Osaman Ali Khan had on September 20, 1948 transfered one million pounds maintained in the account of the Nizam of Hyderabad’s government in National Westminster Bank to an account of Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, the then Pakistani High Commissioner to Britain, as the Nizam dithered over which of the two new nations to join. He then cabled the bank to freeze the transaction when pressured by the government of India.
In 1957, after several rounds of litigation between the Nizam and the Pakistani government, the case reached Britain’s House of Lords, which ruled that the account could only be unfrozen with the agreement of all the parties. (Click on Picture on Right for the document).
The amount has grown to about 30 million pound sterling and New Delhi intends to broker a compromise with the two heirs of the Nizam of Hyderabad and Pakistan. Will it be easy?
Mr Muhammad Safiullah, cultural adviser to the Nizam’s Trust, said,”Mir Osman Ali Khan’s grandsons Shahmat Jah, Mufakham Jah and Mukarram Jah, granddaughter Fatima Fouzia and other family members have all staked claim to part of the funds. Since there’s no Nizam government now, the Nizam’s trust and his legal heirs will also get a part of the money. The ruler wanted to help the nascent Pakistani government in 1948 as it had no money to pay even the salaries of its employees.”
Nizam’s heirs do not wish to share the money with either India or Pakistan. “The money is ours and we alone are the legal heirs. Once the matters become clear, we will lay claim,” they say.
Almost sixty years after Independence, and 37 years after Indira Gandhi abolished the Privy Purses, our fascination with the fortunes of India’s maharajahs and nizams has not abated it seems!
Click on the picture to see some recent pictures of the royal family’s visit to Hyderabad.
Wealthiest !!!!!
He never bothered to take any measures to develop his kingdom, he was
just collecting taxes with out spending even a penny. The area he
ruled are still undeveloped ( thanks to even current politicians). He
just build couple of palaces in hyderabad and left out other areas
like gulbarga, raichur, mahabubnagar, nizamabad, adilabad, nalgonda,
osmanabad, lathur, bidhar,
I am from Peshawar, Pakistan and residing in US. When I was a child, my uncle Shah Jehan used to talk about Nizam alot. I have been looking it up and it is amazing…simply amazing how powerful this family was. All Hyderabadi’s should be proud and yes it does not matter if one is Sikh, Isai, Hindu or Muslim…we as people were once great as one strong Nation.
Britishers owe Kohi-Noor back to Hyderabad…with an appology of stealing it and many other things from Hindostan. Sardar was never liked by Nehru and Nizam’s wealth should not have been swallowed by government/ auctioneers…One more thing…I wish Nizams would have married in Hyderabad rather and not ventured for Australian desserts and so on…
Alam Khan
Do you know Ravi what he did even for non Muslims? Go and ask your elders what he gave to them- a lot of plots which is now value like GOLD. And you are saying he didn’t spend single money? Show me any single RAJA of India who built like him- hospital, library , university , etc. And which tax are you talking about – today Indian government take taxes on everything. Right now its similar to it but they dont mention it yet. Accept the truth ..
@ravi
and when Nizam was here in hyderabad he didn’t collected any taxe or something like Indian government doing they will soon will take taxe on breathing, Infact they are taking it but they are not mentioning .. for walkin, driving , living, earning, every single thing you have to pay taxe that the way of our indian government but when NIZAM was here Did he took such kind of taxes and Do you beleive Ravi that the people of hyderabad were that much rich who could give this much taxes as the king can become a richest person of the world at that time??????? just use the logic ok …. he was rich because of his jewels and th gold coins which he got from he great great great great grand fathers.. and all… and the devlopment what our indian government did on that time show me just past 10 years back hyderabad booomed in IT and all b4 that what it was even the other states used to say illletrate people do you know that ? RAvi??? but in the time of His Higness nizam was the one who made University, Hospitals, roads brides, and many more things.. and quarter of his annual encome he used to spend on education, DO YOU THIS ???GO and READ THE HISTROY AND PROPER HISTORY and Authentic HISTORY ok then you would know.. Accpet the truth booss.. why you are saying this all bull shit i know because he was muslim..but go and ask to your older who are speaks true , did nizam not gave them i mean to non mulsims a lot of lands hecters of land didn’t he ? just as a gift ? go and ask man then you would know he did many great thing in this world which a few people could have been done .. in History ..take care bhu bye..
Ravi my son read this: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/09/10-richest-people-of-all-time-and-how-they-made-their-fortunes/
5. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII
Peak wealth: $210.8 billion. Age at peak wealth: 50
Asaf Jah VII (whose given name was Osman Ali Khan Bahadur) was the last Nizam or ruler of the Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar, before it was invaded and annexed by India in 1948.
By most accounts, “His Exalted Highness” the Nizam of Hyderabad was a benevolent ruler who promoted education, science and development. He spent about one-tenth of his Principality’s budget on education, and even made primary education compulsory and free for the poor. In his 37-year rule, Hyderabad witnessed the introduction of electricity, railways, roads, and other development projects.
In 1937, Asaf Jah VII was on the cover of Time Magazine, labeled as the richest man in the world.
Thanx Ms Urmila for this Information Glad to hear that still there is some non-muslim people who Accepts truth 🙂 Thank you God Bless you take care and have a nice time .. bye
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Urmila, where did u have ur education? Dont try to fool people with distorted facts.
u know, the literacy rate during Nizam’s rule is 6%. At the max, he developed hyderabad city for his own purpose. Go and read some history books how he committed atrocities on ppl. He promoted only urdu education where 80% of the population are hindus and dont know that language.
ahmed looks to be happy as he found someone to prais nizam. True colors. His videos showcase the wealth of nizam, and his palace.. not wealth of people
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The source of Nizam’s wealth was the money collected as taxes from his poor population. Hence, the money belongs to the people. He has been squandering it by marrying these stupid women from Turkey, and not investing in projects meant for the good will of his people. So the money should be confiscated and put in development projects.
Bhartiya,
You know nothing about Nizam , you have he collected taxes do you know on what tax was applicable & it was very nominal all is wheath earned only coz of his brain not tax i would say the best ruler of Sate indian ever had till now, with peace , progress, even all drain , water system still work even the dams what they made, today government collect heavy taxes & see the road & other infracturer so dont make your judement only coz Nizam was Muslim today i pay heavy tax & where is the progress what i am getting back not even the water, medical today government even collect your road tax of your vehicle in advance as life where the money is going today no one knowns
@BHARTIYA
WHO IS THIS BHARATH??? BHARATDESH??? DO you know the history of the HINDUSTAN,It is not b’coz of HINDUS because there is no religion is mention In REGVAIDAS, Opanishad that there is religion which Name is HINDUISM. BUT YES There was ARYANS and its a Geographical Definition Name The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the OLD PERSIAN word Hindu, from Sanskrit सिन्धु Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi the people of the INDUS….. Hindustan originally a Persian word for “Land of the Hindus” referring to northern India and Pakistan before 1947, is also occasionally used as a synonym for all of India U got that and NIZAM SARKAR IS THE ONE WHO INVADE THE HYDERABAD .. IM PROUD TO BE MUSLIM AND HYDERABADI INDIA ALHUMDULILALLAH…. READ THE ANCIENT HISTORY BHARTIYA…. u are not supporting him because he was MUSLIM well for you kind infromation Persian were also muslims ARABS They gave the name INDIA then why u identifying yourself by the name of INDIAN??to the world you should not support that name too, Right?
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This is why India had been poor!
“impregnated 86 of mistresses….. more than 100 illegitimate children”
this is what mughalization of india did,
kings, princes never came out of their vulgar habits and “ayiyashias”
india was never united in its entire history
all the people of india, when you wake up every morning at least thank THE MAN – THE SARDAR, who unified india
person like Sardar Patel, is born in probably every 1000s of years
hopefully, the coming generations will realize the stupendous contribution of the Sardar to our nation
When and how Hyderabad get invaded by India. Do Hyderabadi consider themselves as Indians even after dividing into three seperate states. I know some Hyderabadi who still call them Hyderabadi not Indians. If someone ask them ARE YOU INDIAN , they feel insult and said with proud that they are not Indians.
My Dear friend,
I think you should read and know more about the Nizam and his Kingdom/State ….all that he did ….hyderabad was the Primier Princely state in India….Pl avoid being negative without knowing facts….
Take Care
How did The Nizam collect taxes from penniless poor of his state? Did u think about it bhartiya?
The Nizam empowered them first by providing business and employment. Hyderabad was a great center of trade in the early decades. Nizams built universities, banks, hospitals, reservoirs, train systems and set a world class infrastructure.
Can anyone become the richest in the world by fleecing taxes from Dharawi residents? NO
After reading all the above comments as a Hyderabadi i can say “Neighbour’s Envy…Owner’s Pride”….wateva means he collected wealth its very hard to have even 10 % of it by collecting taxes from poor people…..
Hatred and simply hatred is what I see from Hindus in this forum who envy the wealth of an Indian king even your local VHP,RSS and other Hindu Terrorist group MLA would be a billionaire in India and to assume that the wealth of a DYNASATY ACCUMULATED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN TO TEN GENERATION WAS FROM LOOTING PEOPLE then I would think that is libel and wilfull ignorance.
Look at somany of the developmental works done by Nizam, Hospitals, Dams, Roads ,Railways , Airports, Liabraries and many many more all of them use EVEN NOW and the Hindu-Nazi brainwashed characters here who have only way of asserting themselves in their existence and that is spewing anti-Muslim vitriol and calling for genocide as a result of the impunity that revolves around such activity in India.
It wrong to blame the king.. Hyderabad was the best city during his regime.. the present hyderabad uses the same roads and drainage line which was laid for the city with 5 lakhs of population.. currently hyd has a population of over 65 lakhs.. Every king or govt makes money by tax collection only, Nizams policy was different, he collected his money not from the poor but from the rich nawabs who had more wealth than the king.. even today the heirs of nawabs say the same thing…
WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME-In RESEARCH.FROM -MR Michael McMahon. BA.MA
I am trying to research the History of Hyderabad & The Nizam from 1512 to the present day 2008.Including the present situation of The Court Case in London and The (1) One Million deposited in 1947/48-Now valued at (£30) Million pounds –
I think Much more is being Questioned here.
If this case show in favour of The Nizams decendents-(ie)If Mukarram Jah get’s The Money -Not The Indian or Pakistan Governments.
Will this also open up the question of Legitimate Democratic Independence and Rule of Hyderabad /Andra Pradesh today-I would appreciate any help.
Thank you,Mick McMahon.
Suggest you read Mir Laiq Ali’s “The Tragedy of Hyderabad”. It will give you how Hyderabad was invaded form all sides under a false pretext and then annexed. How people died by the thousands.
It was never a legitimate take over by any account. The Independence of India Act had clearly stated that The Princely States had an option to join India, Pakistan or remain independent. Hyderabad opted for independence which was perfectly legitimate.
Thanks to the British and the second world war it was rendered a defenseless state as the armaments had been shipped to the Middle East to fight for the British. The armies returned but not the armaments. The British kept telling Hyderabad that they would replenish their armaments from other garrisons in India but they never did.
India had the luxury of invading a defenseless state, ransack it, occupy it and annex it very much against the will of the people of Hyderabad. No referendum was ever taken. Patel knew and had told Nehru not to commit the mistake of referendum as the Hindu would vote for the Nizam.
In Hyderabad they did not have a communal problem. Hindus and Muslims enjoyed a common composite Hyderabadi culture and were totally at peace with each other. This communal-ism existed in Northern and Western India where Hindu Mahasabha had dominated and infiltrated in The Congress Party.
Any thing that is done illegally and by aggression does not become part of India how many lies you may tell and subjugate the people by force.
Mr V.Patel
Do u know what you are writing about.Its about a king…and royal people will have there own charm and dignity…its nothing that the Sardar or a patel did…People just like you try to bring up the people who have surnames matching yours so that the entire community grows.
The Nizams are the people who won a million battles to reach the position what they have attained and break the ass of a simple sardar or a patel is very simple for them.Its just that they did not want to make any fuss about it that they have agreed and made the settlement.I would say that the Sardar Patel was a sick ass because Hyderbad could have been a lot better if the Nizams were still there.Only on there charity the Indian Government led by a Sardar swallowed the entire money which they got out of the auction of Nizams Jewellery and you say Sardar did a good job….brainless bugger
Persons like those should never born again.
You are right sir. Waisey bhi us ( Murdar / Sardar )ke khandaan ka naam wo nishaan nahin hai.
It is sad that people who migrated from uncivilised parts of India should have such hatred for a dynasty which was loved and liked equally both by Muslims and Hindus, and also Christians of Hyderabad. In fact it is a given fact V. Patel was a biggotand even disliked by Nehru at that time.
hi,
Nizam is best and people are telling waste (gand jalke) bolte yaar bolne de but dunniya mat ti hai ke nizam is best.
WHY dont you ask your officers that do nothing but encourage corruption to do something for the state. The Nizam did a lot.
still there is fighting fr religions in our country…..BASS KAROO YAAR…instead of blamming past HEROES why cant we help for a GOOD cause…
CHECK OUT THIS …..IF POSSIBLE WE LIVING KINGS TRY TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON HYDERABAD ….. JAI HIND
WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME-In RESEARCH.FROM -MR Michael McMahon. BA.MA
I am trying to research the History of Hyderabad & The Nizam from 1512 to the present day 2008.Including the present situation of The Court Case in London and The (1) One Million deposited in 1947/48-Now valued at (£30) Million pounds –
I think Much more is being Questioned here.
If this case show in favour of The Nizams decendents-(ie)If Mukarram Jah get’s The Money -Not The Indian or Pakistan Governments.
Will this also open up the question of Legitimate Democratic Independence and Rule of Hyderabad /Andra Pradesh today-I would appreciate any help.
Thank you,Mick McMahon.
Dear Friends
I agree. If Nizams were in position this days. Deccan (Nizam Empire) will be like UK and Australia.
Infrastructure built 60 Years Back by Nizam Govt still used by Indian Govt.
Hyderabad’is can count them
Universities – Apart from Osmania He also Helped Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. many many other Institutions
Hospital for Poor (Osmania Hospital the first free Hospital for poor in the world by Osman ali pasha 7th Nizam)
Reservoir Hussain Sagar lake (now Indian GOVT make it sewerage tank of the City) Once supply drinking water.
Himmayat Sagar and Gandipet built in 1910 still used by Indian GOVT for the population.
High Court, Assembly of AP. and Hundreds of other Buildings were used and destroyed by GOVT.
Railways and Raod way Infrastructure were used for more thn 50 Years before uprading it
we Can Imagine the vision of Nizams toward Development and peace of his Country.
Nizam’s of course are kings and lived like kings unmatchable
last but not least Hyderabad was only source for Diamonds till Early19th Century where Nizams Ruled.
and the biggest Diamond market in 19th Century. with unmatchable sellers and buyers Like Nizams
Jai Deccan
Sahi bola miya, these non hyderabadi dont ever understand how affectionate v r. Im very proud of the state and also the country but hyderabad is a place where a hindu, muslim christian, sikh all treat themselves as brothers n sisters, arey its in the blood. Hyderabad still owns the kohinoor diamond, whether it b in London or US its our prestige 1 day v will get it back
jai hyderabad
Bharatiya,
Do you ever get to read anything? May be not. You should just read the following as to what one of the many Indian News papers and Indian writers write about HEH the Nizam VII’s daughter-in-laws:
THE TELEGRAPH
CALCUTTA
Monday, February 13, 2006
Goodbye, sweet princess
– India’s great beauties before the pageant came in
G.S. RADHAKRISHNA AND CHANDRIMA S. BHATTACHARYA
Durru Shehvar and Gayatri Devi: Beautiful friends
Hyderabad/Mumbai, Feb. 12: The royal banquet hall was full and the guest of honour, a visiting British dignitary, had arrived. Yet all eyes, desi and firangi, at Falaknuma Palace kept turning to the entrance.
Everyone was waiting for the “world’s most beautiful woman” to walk in.
The cream-coloured Austin rolled in, gleaming in the moonlight. A hush fell on the gathering as she walked up to the host with graceful steps.
With a hand resting on his daughter-in-law’s shoulders, a beaming Mir Osman Ali Khan Mahboob Pasha, Hyderabad’s seventh and last Nizam, turned to his guests and announced, “Permit me to introduce one of my naginas (jewels).”
It was seven decades ago, long before television, beauty pageants and glamour rags had begun their reign over the public imagination, yet Princess Niloufer’s exquisite looks and clothes were a talking point across the country and in the cities of Europe.
Niloufer, the “Kohinoor of Hyderabad”, wasn’t the only “jewel” in the Nizam’s household, though.
Almost equally famous for her beauty was her sister-in-law Princess Durru Shehvar ? daughter of Abdul Majid Khan, Turkey’s last Ottoman king and the last Caliph ? whose death in London on February 7, at the age of 93, brings the curtain down on a glorious chapter of early Indian chic. Niloufer died in Hyderabad about a decade ago.
“If Princess Niloufer was the nagina, Princess Durru was the heera (diamond),” says Deccan historian Rajendra Prasad in his book on Hyderabad.
The sisters-in-law ? they were first cousins by birth — had become bywords for elegance in the West over half a century ago, with both attending fashion shows in Paris and London with the Nizam’s encouragement.
At home, their clothes collections have inspired the attires of Bollywood leading ladies from Waheeda Rehman to Diya Mirza and served as textbooks for later designers.
The princesses were not alone in setting the standards. Mid-20th century India seemed to have a knack of throwing up women who captivated the world’s society columnists and photographers.
Seven years younger than Durru, another royal, Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, was ranked among the planet’s most beautiful women, along with actress Leela Naidu, by Vogue.
Like the Hyderabad princesses, they blended style with substance. Gayatri Devi stood for Parliament, setting a record victory margin in 1962 and winning again in 1967 and 1971. Naidu became a darling of the then fledgling women’s liberation movement in India with her Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke that challenged contemporary Hindi cinema’s concept of the Bhartiya naari.
“Durru Shehvar and Gayatri Devi knew each other very well,” recalls the nonagerian former Nawab of Palanpur, who now lives in Mumbai.
“Durru was very beautiful. She was very tall, a little too tall — she was taller than her husband. Niloufer was more beautiful.”
But apart from their beauty and wardrobe, most of which they later donated to fashion-design schools in Hyderabad, the princesses were known also for their philanthropy.
Niloufer, who divorced Prince Moazzam Jah and left for Turkey, donated her entire meher (dowry) so that a children’s hospital could be built in Hyderabad. Durru’s marriage to Prince Azam Jah, too, ended in divorce.
The princesses’ had been a double wedding, both getting married simultaneously in Nice, France. The Nizam declared a holiday in Hyderabad and newspapers printed special editions.
“Although the marriages didn’t bring a rich dowry (for the Caliph had already been deposed), they earned the Nizam a diplomatic alliance with the Turkish aristocracy,” a city historian said.
The Nizam encouraged both princesses to take part in sports, such as tennis and horse-riding. He sent them on tours of Europe so they could broaden their mind and also pick up works of art for his museums.
“Princess Niloufer was one of the better educated” among the Nizam’s family, said Begum Bilkis Alladin, an authority on the Nizam’s art collections, in a recent article. “She was also a good sportswoman, skilled in tennis and handball.”
The Nizam threw lavish parties where he showed off his daughters-in-law, recalled 75-year-old Nawab Mujib Ali Yavar Jung, a former official at his court. “Princess Niloufer dazzled in them and was the most sought after.”
The princesses were visible in the Bombay party circuit, too, though they apparently did not dance. In keeping with the Nizam’s status, they kept their distance, projecting an alluring mix of oriental tradition and western freedom.
As news of Durru’s death reached Hyderabad, contemporaries recalled her strength of mind and management skills.
“She was a true aristocrat who brooked no interference in the way she brought up her sons,” said Begum Bilkis Lateef, who helped Durru with her philanthropic projects.
She ran the household in her palace when the other women of the family dared not venture into the men’s domain.
Even after her divorce she lived for many years in Hyderabad, but with increasing age, shifted to London a few years ago. She last visited Hyderabad in 2004. When the end came on Tuesday, her sons Mukkaram and Muffakham Jah were at her bedside.
can u provide me Mr. McMahon I think I can help him out.
Patel was the greatest leader India had and one of the greatest the world has ever seen. Had it not been for his efforts there would have bee 500 little Indias . What the Indian Government did to the Nizam and to the other kings was perfect in all its sense. We were in the process of building a nation , letting people like Nizam rule a part of it would have been foolish. The Nizam was having connections with Pakistan and kept changing his statements. He was ruling a part of India and not a separate country. Today such actions will be considered treason. After his defeat , the Nizam was treated well – why does everyone forget this ?
The so called Patel attacked Hyderabad Deccan without any intimation…they just use to say we will not attack you…The indians attacked Hyderabad at 12 midnight the world knows that………Nizam was treated well just becoz he offered lots n lots of money it was an agreement..coz the indians were attacking just muslims and looting them raping women. The Nizam Offered lot of money and agreed just to save the muslims.
salaam alaikum hyderabad….Really Hyderabad is a place where u can find lot of monuments.which was built by.?
so think about it there is lot of contribution from muslims….please remove hatred and jelousy non muslims….
Sardar
Wake-up man. Where did you get all these stories of that Sardar Patel – one of the biggest bigot in Indian History. May be they taught this in your school in one of the history books that were concocted by his kind. May be you should talk about Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Abdul Kalam Azad, Zafar Shah and others who were the true freedom fighters. Not opportunistics like Patel. Go figure out where Patel and J.N. Chowdry obtained their wealth after independence, which their descendents inherited. Where was he before Gandhi had to migrate from S. Africa to India and start this independence movement?
Please do not speak evil of the Rajas and Maharajas of India and try to re-write the true history. Great people remain great in history and envy in the minds of “have nots” will always poison their souls. Smile, always talk good. Then, can you?
You know all the outsiders (villagers) coming to Hyderabad Deccan and spoiling its beauty. They don’t have a clue of Nizam’s Kingdom. I don’t even consider a word from those illiterate villagers. This “City of Hyderabad” has been designed to accommodate Hyderabadis and population of Hyderabad. There is no place for those illiterate villagers that rushing towards Hyderabad to settledown and embrace Hyderabad City life. Go back to your village you illiterates and stay their you filthy souls.
Hello there
Let me tell you that It’s not the outsider or nearby villagers coming in to Hyderabad City, on the contrary the city limits are spreading on the out skirts and making it a Mega City due to this problem those peace loving villagers are forced to come in the crowded city. Because of IT and major developments projects coming in to the state the city limits is expanded and IT and other industrialist increasing the land Value.
IT is not going to grow the rice and vegetables and solve the food problem, From where we will get these stuff. Due to sudden drop in the American Financial market all the IT professionals are affected. IT can be used as a very good tool for the development, On the other hand even the Farmer’s son tries to become an IT professional the who will grow the crops. This point is to be highlighted. In Hyderabad every second person is an IT professional . India is considered as an agricultural country there is nothing wrong in diversifying and exploring new jobs but switching it to totally IT is not worth. Hyderabad (AP) is considered to be rice bowl of India if you change it to IT bowl we will definitely face problems.
Dear Readers
I endorse the point that India had to be united and Sardar Patel did in his official capacity what he did. It was the demand of the time, which was met by ‘Operation Polo’. I really do not understand why we have to vilify Nizam and Patel both.
Nizams were revered rulers of Hyderabad who did a whole lot of good for the betterment of their kingdom which their contemporaries were unable to achieve. True they had money but not by fleecing the poorer sections of the society as it is made out in some of the above pieces I read. They made Hyderabad a hub of trade and commerce and were far ahead of their time in initiating projects for the welfare of their subjects.
Hindus and muslims had equal opportunities in the state as is evident from the recorded history, both communities held high positions and enjoyed the confidence of the ruler. Fleecing for taxes from poor seems a far fetched theory which will not cut ice for the simple reason how will the poor pay taxes when they did not have the money to pay for their upkeep, let alone taxes.
My forefathers have served the Nizams and notable among them was ‘Hosh Bilgrami’ his account of the life under Nizam’s under Hyderabad was an era of plenty where even poorer sections of society wore heavy gold, city was spruced up regularly and cleaned daily. See the monuments and projects completed in the time of Nizams which stand as a testimony to their achievements for the state and its people.
Now Sardar Patel was a visionary and indeed was an iron man of India. Let’s look at this point from a simple viewpoint. Nizam was the ruler of princely state of Hyderabad while Patel was part of the ruling clique of the country who had just attained independence. Both did their own job. Be it sangh parivar or a muslim potentate, the basic need to preserve what is yours is very inherent and Nizam tried to keep Hyderabad as an independent state while Patel’s job was to unify India.
Patel tried every trick in the book and then in Nehru’s absence launched Operation Polo while Nizam strategically failed to garner material and men support in time. The ill equipped army with non regulars razakars was never any match for the trained army of the younf Indian nation and he lost and was forced sign in favour of joining the Indian union. Politically he lost on the chessboard of politics while like every other human being before and after him he tried to defend and keep what was his by right. I do not see any treason in this. How will i react if the Indian government for any reason wants to take away my house from me and asks me to vacate it. I will protest and do all in my power to keep my house.
At the end neither Nizam was wrong in defending his kingdom which he felt and saw as unjustified acts of Indian government and nor was Patel wrong in doing what he did. He acted in line with the vision of unifying India. I will call the last Nizam a visionary and a ruler who ruled the hearts of his subjects and Patel also a visionary who united India which none of his contemporaries would have ever been able to achieve in that time.
The difference is onle lost and the other won. Game, set and point.
I agree with Mr above ie Mr Mansoor Abidi wholeheartedly. The Nizams did all, any human can under the stress of feeding and maintianing+developing one whole kingdom and still not losing his/her/their sanity. More over the Nizams were very respected people. I do not know a hyderabadi who will speak against Nizam rule…The unity among all the citizens of Hyderabad can very well be set as an example for the whole world to follow.
P.S. Please count out the disunity the politicians of today are causing….I so hate the separate Telangana issue.
While Sardar Patel, a very great Indian sought to have a stronger India.
Its just like defending yourself. Like if I barge into your life and claim all you own as mine, you would defenitely put up a fight. Thats all Nizam did. He wasnt against a better India. He was just fighting for a better Deccan. And Patel was doing the very same for India.
I am Proud to be an Indian. And I am proud to be a Hyderabadi….coz maybe being a Hyderabadi infuses a sense of royality. Sorry. But that doesnt mean others r scum. Anyway U’ll feel the Royality flow through you even if u jus walk the palaces built by them. I guess its common.
Dear Sarah
Thanks for seconding my thoughts on this subject. It is just the humane way of looking at an issue which has been festering like a sore for over 60 years now. The ghost of it has to be laid to rest.
Had it not been for Patel, we would not have seen a united India and we would be always thankful to the Nizams for what they did it in putting it on the world map. Besides being personally the richest man of his times, he was also instrumental in putting the culture, gastronomy and deccani traditions to the fore. By forging a marriage alliance with the deposed caliph of muslims and sultan of Turkey’s daughters, he managed to become one of the foremost ruling muslim potentates in Islamic world. Ironically the ‘Khilafat movement’ which was supported by Gandhiji and Congress was all about bringing the caliph back to power (where royalist and democrats) came together for the only time on a common platform.
We tend to see everything in black and white which has so many other shades to it.
Thanks again Sara. Keep writing.
Warm regards,
Mansoor
Hyderabad was a part of India, will always be part of India and shall always eternally be part of India both geographically and politically. All my brothers and sisters who posted their responses in this blog please learn some bit of history before making outrageous comments that Muslims were the only rulers of Hyderabad. We have had Satavahans, Chalukyas, Kakatiyas.
Regards,
F. Haber
P.S: I am one of them who always will oppose religious fundamentalists. I am a Indian citizen, and a Hyderabadi.
plz
don’t blame to the past legend
act like a good INDIAN
and afterall we all are INDIAN
JAI HIND
I am proud to be a Hyderabadi and I think what Nizam did in his time no body can do it it in million years. Look at today’s politician all they are doing is filling there pockets do you think they are thinking about there people NO:(
So we have to be greatful to Nizam for what he did and we are still using the same facility nothing new was added since.
I am astounded at the bitterness and hatred that has been posted here. I found this site by accident as I was trying to research who H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad was. I collect military badges and have a number with his name on them, Artillery, Medical Services, Electrical Engineers, Pioneers etc. etc.. I would still like to find out more but where can I search without finding so much bitterness? I was impressed with the moderate voice of the last post, I hope Sarah Khan will write more.
Hi ,
I collect militaria on hyderabad army .
Need info , contact rjaffkhan@yahoo.co.in
Aadab arz hai,
Thanks David for supporting my comment. I want to shair this with all Hyderabadis that when they made New International Airport instead of naming after Rajiv Gandhi Int’l Airport, I was hoping they would name after Nizam as Osmania hospital, or Osmania University they should have named it after Nizam as they did somuch for Hyderabaies.
it would have been a tribute to them.
Indeed the new Hyderabad should have been named after HEH the Nizam who had a role to play in Hyderabad not Rajiv Gandhi who had no role to play in this part of the world.
Dear All
Nothing more about the nizam just i want to know the present status of nizam of hyderabad.Will he is able to stand apart from the crowd which is now said to be developed & accomplished ?
Wish you all Hyderabadies a very Happy New Year “2009”
“Here’s to the bright New Year, and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.”
Antulay has said it right. Modi is behind these attacks. He has betrayed our nation. When Hemant Karkare’s finger was about to turn to MODI, he has rented Pakistan terrorists to kill Karkare. People of India should not forgive Modi and BJP.
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I READ ALL THE COMMENTS POSTED ABOVE. DO U GUYS REALY CARE ABOUT SARDAR PATEL, NEHRU ETC WITH DUE RESPECT TO ALL OF THEM. AS FOR THE NIZAM’S,OR THE RULERS IN RAJASTHAN AND ELSEWHERE, WELL I GUESS AFTER READING THE PSYCHOLOGIES HERE, IT WOULDNT TAKE MORE THAN 20 YEARS WHEN WE AGAIN HAVE ATLEAST 20 PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
THING IS, WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT A NATION WHERE YOU WERE BORN.
AND YES YOU CAN TURN AND SAY”DOES THE NATION GIVES A DAMN ABOUT US”
I WISH WE WERE STILL BEING RULED BY THE BRITS, THINK WE ARE AT OUR BEST BEHAVIOUR WHEN WE ARE BEING RULED
Just a Correction (There has been rumors ciculating that Nizam Saved Bankrupt Pakistan in 1948) THe facts are: The 20 Crore sent to pakistan was sent pre-partition and was turned over to the Hyderabadi trust in the 50’s to help newly arriving hyderabadis get settled. The trustees were Liaqat Ali Khan and Chair of the Trust was Mir Laik Ali Khan. The 1948 Check sent to Pakistan when India delayed Pakistani’s share of the treasury was never cashed as the Nizam told the Winchester Bank of London that his Finance Minister transfered the moneys without his knowledge. The check was originally for 1 million pounds and not 40 million Pounds and the Nizams Family and Pakistan both has claims to it. as it is still not clear what was the reason for that check. According to times of India it could be for Nizams own use or to buy Rifles or to lobby for Independent Hyderabad or for Pakistan. Anyways in 1948 India finally released the 75 crore owed to Pakistan and there was no financial crisis in 1948. As backup the Habib family of Pakistan had given a check of 15 Crore and Adamjees of Pakistan gave a blank check to Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
From Hyderabad,
salam i m citizen of hyderabad i m a student, nizam’s name one of the popular name in our hyderabad, frm childhood i m lesining name NIzam, stright to the ponit i want to start my own business but i didnt have any money, & loan base cant affortable, as a member of an hyderabad i can trust the nizam’s sarkar, can help me plz relpy for me thank u
In response to David Jay’s post – clearly there is a lot of bitterness driven primarily by ignorance. Having said that, Hyderabad, and its past, is a very emotive issue (much like many others in India). The annexation of Hyderabad by military action in 1948 was swift and efficient. The Nizam’s troops led by General Aidroos, who in fact expressed his grave concerns and minced no words in saying how foolhardy it would be to put up a fight against the invading Indian Army, was ill-equipped to say the least. The militant ‘Razakars’, with their batons, swords, and ancient guns too were in no condition to put up a resistance. One must understand the difficult history here – there was a legitimate question of the choice the Nizam had, guarenteed through historic treatises with the Crown, and the Standstill Agreement signed with the newly formed Indian Union, in accession to India. Mountbatten, his skill being apparently his charm and his relationship with princely rulers, was tactically placed to persuade all princely rulers to accede. As a matter of principal, the Standstill Agreement that the Nizam signed allowed him time to think things over and decide independently of what course of action to take. This included, if he so desired, in principal, to remain independent and not accede to the Union. But that was only on paper, in reality, there was no way he would’ve been allowed to choose independence. The Communist movement supported a seperate, independent Hyderabad, the Indian National Congress of course would not tolerate that, and the Nizam himself, torn between different possible destinies & choices, found himself increasingly cornered. It is in hindsight that one might think it would’ve served him better, and the citizens, to negotiate a relatively advantageous accession.
What ensued was violence. Disproportionate violence by the invading Indian Army as documented by the Sundarlal Report in 1949. Prime Minister Nehru had instituted this commission to specifically investigate reports of excessive violence, looting, rape, pillaging against muslims by the Indian Army. Subsequently, over a 100,000 people were incarcerated and charged with civil & criminal crimes. The obvious question was why were they not considered & treated as POW’s? After all, it was a war, an independent state was being invaded by an army?
The point here is that the Nizam’s legal & historic position was very tenable. It was a benign autocrazy wherein people were free to practice their religion & seek fortune. There is extensive documentation of the pluralism & prosperity under the reign of Mahboob Ali Pasha, Nizam the VIIth. There of course is the question of how politically tenable this position would be once the British, under whose control Hyderabad actually was, left India?
People take great pride in being Hyderabadi. What that has come to mean has changed over time. The distinctness of language, culture, manners, cuisine, etc made the province a special place.
Again, one must understand that the last Nizam’s legal position, while impractical and unrealistic, was still legal and it was systematically undermined and sabotaged by political powers outside of the state. And some within the state. It’s a difficult & tricky history and one must understand it to be able to understand why it means so much to Hyderabadis.
The state largest school HPS nizam gave them qairaat to the people and he made roads which is used till yet and dams like osman himayat sagr aand the markets . Hyd was the only state which had army,hospitals, train stations, Airport, and universities..these idiots dont know about hyderabad and jealous of it..just ask the old people here who has seen the rule of nizam ..how was the justice made just ask the old people anywhere in the city ..they will tell.
what are the current NETAS doing …….
These are the most ridiculous comments I had ever heard. You guys are idolizing a characterless ruler.
These nizams have many wifes, concubines and produced many sons and daughters like cars from a car factory. I don’t know why you people are prising him.
His wealth doesn’t reflect the prosperity and happiness of people of nizam state. That doesn’t tell the purchasing power of the nizam people. In fact after knowing at least about the prosperity of United states, they might have developed a democratic state,because they ruled for many decades.
Rajesh
Rajesh u must know India and hyderabad to comment on this issue, Praise which ever leader/king has done a good job for his people should be recognized, every man from king to rickshaw puller in India has one wife and many girl friends or wives, it doesn’t degrades him, coming to Nizams of Hyderabad, the First ruler in the world to get Roll Royce Cars to be city garbage pickers, ever heard any city in the world where rolls royce cars were used to pick up grabage, first man to own airport and airways Deccan airport and airways, this man the last Nizam of Hyderabad thought about the future of his people and build universities, hospitals, Legislature building, secraitait building. this govt or the other govts which are/were in power could built a place for themselves but are using what this man has built, all said and done the govt whoever were ruling after the Nizams couldn’t do anything better for the people what Nizams have done during those days without technology.
I AM PROUD TO BE AN HYDERABADI
My friend – It feels so chilling and really nice to read about this great man. The Nizam at that time happened to be the ruler or Hyderabad and if be happened to be the ruler of INDIA – he would have done same for all Indians – So even before you feel proud to be an Hyderabadi — Be proud of being an INDIAN – Your identity is Indian not Hyderabadi..
hi, im SAYEED BIN ABOOD BIN MUJAIDE one of the resident of hyderabad, barkas is the place where i live.
Nizams were revered rulers of Hyderabad who did a whole lot of good for the betterment of their kingdom which their contemporaries were unable to achieve. True they had money but not by fleecing the poorer sections of the society as it is made out in some of the above pieces I read. They made Hyderabad a hub of trade and commerce and were far ahead of their time in initiating projects for the welfare of their subjects.
Hindus and muslims had equal opportunities in the state as is evident from the recorded history, both communities held high positions and enjoyed the confidence of the ruler. Fleecing for taxes from poor seems a far fetched theory which will not cut ice for the simple reason how will the poor pay taxes when they did not have the money to pay for their upkeep, let alone taxes.
My forefathers have served the Nizams and notable among them was ‘Hosh Bilgrami’ his account of the life under Nizam’s under Hyderabad was an era of plenty where even poorer sections of society wore heavy gold, city was spruced up regularly and cleaned daily. See the monuments and projects completed in the time of Nizams which stand as a testimony to their achievements for the state and its people.
Now Sardar Patel was a visionary and indeed was an iron man of India. Let’s look at this point from a simple viewpoint. Nizam was the ruler of princely state of Hyderabad while Patel was part of the ruling clique of the country who had just attained independence. Both did their own job. Be it sangh parivar or a muslim potentate, the basic need to preserve what is yours is very inherent and Nizam tried to keep Hyderabad as an independent state while Patel’s job was to unify India.
Patel tried every trick in the book and then in Nehru’s absence launched Operation Polo while Nizam strategically failed to garner material and men support in time. The ill equipped army with non regulars razakars was never any match for the trained army of the younf Indian nation and he lost and was forced sign in favour of joining the Indian union. Politically he lost on the chessboard of politics while like every other human being before and after him he tried to defend and keep what was his by right. I do not see any treason in this. How will i react if the Indian government for any reason wants to take away my house from me and asks me to vacate it. I will protest and do all in my power to keep my house.
At the end neither Nizam was wrong in defending his kingdom which he felt and saw as unjustified acts of Indian government and nor was Patel wrong in doing what he did. He acted in line with the vision of unifying India. I will call the last Nizam a visionary and a ruler who ruled the hearts of his subjects and Patel also a visionary who united India which none of his contemporaries would have ever been able to achieve in that time.
Sayeedsaab, I agree with your take on the issue. It is fair and balanced. Are you a Hadraami Arab? I’m also originally from Hyderabad and have been researching the Hadraami migrants in Hyderabad for some time now and have also made a few trips to Barkas. If so I would very much like to talk to you and would be most appreciative if you could provide me with your contact details. Thank you again for your balanced views on the subject.
Ever heard of the razakar movement in the Nizam state. if not, i suggest that you read about it. He might have been considerate to certain sections of people but NOT to every body.
Ever heard of the Hindu Mahasabha, the Arya Samaj, and what the likes of Swami Ramanand Tirtha of the State Congress did in the name of Satyagraha? The Razakars were foolish and misguided, and committed atrocities. How about the atrocities committed by the Hindu communal forces? Have you any idea what else transpired? Have you heard about the Sundarlal Report of 1949 detailing the widespread brutality against Muslims in the aftermath of the so called ‘Police Action’? Do you know what the invading Indian Army did in the Nizam’s Dominions during the military action against an independant State? I suggest you read up on what else happened, what your school history text books did not tell you, so that you get a better understanding of the different forces at play.
Being a Hyderabadi myself – I heard a lot about Mir Osman Ali Khan from my elders who had first hand knowledge of what they were talking about. One of the stories which I heard and still remember is that – he Mir Osman ali Khan donated (for the sake of Allah) Rs 100,000 ( in gold ashrafis) for Jama Masjid in Delhi and later in the day asked one of his Khadim to get him a Blanket (one of the cheapest one) for self.
He was a God fearing man who did not spend much on himself but did what he can for Allah’s sake.
As mentioned by many others the High court, Osmania hospital, Osmania University, Legislative assembly building, Secretariat, Nagarjuna sagar dam (started during his period) etc etc are standing proof of his doings for the welfare of his people. There was a plan to connect Kachiguda railway station to Nampally station by a single road and also Secunderabad station to Charminar – If one sees – you can see a straight road from Kachiguda station all the way up to Abids via Badi Chawdi.
Hyderabad was the only Riyasat which had its own Postal System, own Currency, own railways, own Civil service and even Traffic lights.
Many notable people flocked to Hyderabad to make a living here – Moulvi Abdul Haq, Mohammad Pickthal which I remember as of now..
I also heard during Police action atrocities committed by the Indian army in Osmanabad, Humnabad and surrounding areas where common folks were massacred – and wells were filled up by corpses in many of the villages.
And as to what Hyderabad or Nizam did for Pakistan –
Nizam himself forward funds at the time of inception of Pakistan – Rs 20 crores to help pay for the salaries and other expenses of the public servants there. (India did not part with the money which was promised to Pakistan at the time of partition). Educators of Osmania University left for Pakistan to help make the Government of Pakistan, build universities ( Text books which made the curriculum of Karachi University were of Osmania University). In the begning all the leading Doctors of Karachi were from Hyderabad. People from Deccan airways helped form Pakistan international airlines PIA – Deccan Airways uniforms were copied (shalwar/ kamiz) for PIA stewardess.
Osmania University graduates started the Industrial exhibition there. The list goes on and on….
(Read Karen Leonard book ‘ Locating Home’ on Hyderabadi’s to get more clear picture).
Nizams were the great wise rulers, Nizams were the peace lovers, in fact they were (are) very noble. Check our roots, where we are inheriting from The First Caliphate Of Islam ‘Syedna Abu Bakr Siddique’ (R/A).
The peace loving land Hyderabad has witnessed a massacre, Operation POLO, which is a thick black dot on its passage, i.e, unforgettable.
This land has never thought that it would get hatred in exchange of love, peace & friendship. The country and its rulers never made a fraction of difference between Muslims & non-muslims, Hindu institutions, or Islamic institutions, Gurudwaras, temples or Masjid, yet it SUFFERED. And suffered and suffered in the hands of merciless KILLLERS and PATHOGENS.
May Allah guide us all, Aameen
I love Hyderabad.
The wealth made in India , must stay in India and belongs to the Indian people, the palace that is being restored should be turned into a historical museum – open to the public.
hello to every one
, FIRST OF ALL , THANKS TO THE BLOGGER FOR THE INFO…
SHAME ON YOUR PART to all others who are just posting religious biased commets in here.
LOOK , THESE COMMENTS ARE USELESS IF YOU START LIVING IN YOUR OWN WORLD AND ACCEPT THE THINGS AS THEY ARE.
DONOT DISTORT THE HISTORY PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT MY COMMENT AS WELL .
PRO’S ARE
IN THE NIZAM DYNASTY MAHABOOB ALI KHAN WAS BENOVELENT RULER THAN ANY OTHER.HE HELPED A LOT DURING MUSI FLOODS AND RULED WISELY .HE MAINTAINED THE HARMONONY AMONGST PEOPLE.
THOUGH NOT TO THE EXTENT OF THE QUTUB SHAHIS ,BUT STILL EARLIER NIZAMS WERE GOOD AND NOT INTERFERED WITH THE PEOPLES LIFE OR MATTERS.THEY MINGLED WELL.
THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED FEW RESERVOIRS LIKE ONE AT OSMANSAGAR , ONE IN KAREEMNAGAR, AND THE MOOSI BUNDS AFTER GREAT MUSI FLOODS.
LAST NIZAM OSMAN ALI KHAN BUILT A UNIVERSITY AT HYDERABAD. OSMANIA UNI.
(THOUGH IT WAS ONLY FOR NOBLE KINSMEN AND FEW RICH HINDUS)
similary others too.
cons are
the nizams just as any other kings didnt bother much about peasants excepting mahaboob A.K. there was kmuch poverty in nizam state.
there s no onus on education of common people.education was luxury of t he rich and wealthy.
unlike QUTUB SHAHIS the NIZAMS were not loose to non moslem community . though initially not totally against too, until later nizams who were entirely opposite to the former ones.
for ex: THE BRITISH WARNED NIZAMS INTERFERING IN THE MATTERS OF TIRUMALA TIRUPATHI DEVASTANAMS BACK THEN IN LATE 19TH CENTURY AND FORCED THEM TO DO SO.
OTHERWISE TTD USED TO PAY SOME AMOUNT TO NIZAMS ANNUALLY IN ORDER NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE TEMPLE S ISSUES.
there were no considerable literature progress during this time.
the nizams were not bothered about famines or conditions of the state. they just led lavish lives collecting taxes from common people forcibly too by their jagirdars.
they were loyal or bound to BRITISH . they used to pay certain tax to British for allowing them to rule.he was not independent by himself. the koti womens college was the residence of the british governor.
the public health was teriible.::”” no development unlike britsih where they encouraged study of everyone and constructed universities and laid roads , reservoirs and even learnt and served our languages too ( CP BROWN) .
they encoraged women and every one for education and gave oppurtunities to study in london, do research( CV RAMAN) etc.
they even brought some acts like SHARADA act there by banning SATI and child marriages and women enslavement.
they respected all the cultures and at many times helped them in there cultural matters .
laying of the ghat road to tirupathi and others.
they made the surveys and maps and helped in archaeology too.
they changed our thinking too. infact our constitution is taken from british
and what not””::
INFACT THE PEOPLE UNDER NIZAM WERE FAR BACK THAN THE BRITISH RULED AREAS.
nizams state lacked all these except for lavish lifestyle and women FONDNESS for BODILY pleasures.
the nizams wealth is not personal wealth . its the wealth of the entire state.his proclaimation was that and not that of his personal belongings.
most of all the blunders ,
AIDED BRITISH IN DEFEATING THE TIPPU SULTAN AND KILLING HIM .
WAS HARSH TOWARDS HINDUS AND NON MOSLEMS .RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS WERE ENCOURAGED .
MADE URDU STATE LANGUAGE AND FORCIBLY MADE TO STUDY IN SCHOOLS WHICH LED TO REVOLT AND ANTIPATHY.
WHEN THERE WERE MOSLEM AND HINDU FESTIVALS ON SAME DAYS . THE HINDU FESTIVALS WERE BANNED .
THE HINDUS WERE NOT GIVEN GOOD POSITIONS IN OFFICE .
MOSLEMS HAD HIS GRACE UPON THEM.STRONG DISHARONY BEGAN IN LATER RULE DUE TO OPRESSION OF HINDUS AND OTHERS.
TELUGU WAS NOT AT ALL GIVEN IMPORTANCE AND WERE SEVERLY CRITICIZED AND UNDERLOOKED.
TELUGU PEOPLE CONSTITUTED 85% OF THE POPULATION AND WERE SEVERELY OPPRESSED THAN MARATHAS OR HINDIS OR KANNADIGAS.
THIS SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO STRONG OPPOSITION IN TELANGANA REGION AS WITNESSED IN ARMED COMMUNIST STRUGGLE.
MOST OF ALL THE BLUNDERS
THE LAST NIZAM AND INFAMOUS ONE , THOUGH GOOD INITIALLY WAS AN OPIUM ADDICT AND WOMANISER .HE WANTED TO MERGE WITH PAKISTAN RATHER THAN TO MIX WITH INDIA .
HE BECAME A FANATIC IN LATER YEARS AND SENT KASIM RAZVI TO SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL FOR NEGOTIATIONS, WHERE HE SAID” THAT HE WOULD KILL ALL THE HINDUS AND NON MUSLIMS IF NIZAM STATE WAS FORCED TO MIX WITH INDIA.
WITH KASIM RAZVI , HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING OF THE (MIM PARTY,ie THE RAZAKARS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM PRESENT AIMIM PARTY, which is formed later… MIM IS BANNED NOW)
WITH RAZAKARS KASIM RAZVI ,NIZAM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEINOUS CRIMES AND ATTROCITIES IN THE NAME OF ETHINIC CLEANSING, WHICH LED TO BEFITTING REPLY IN FORM OF COMMUNIST ARMED REVOLT AGAINST THE NIZAM IN PARTICULARLY IN TELAGANA REGION ,NALGONDA….
ALSO THE NIZAM TRANSFERRED GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ( 1 million POUNDS TO PAKISTAN ) IN FINAL DAYS OF HIS RULE.
THESE ACTIONS LED TO POLICE ACTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY UNCONDITIONAL AND IMMEDIATE SURRENDER OF NIZAMS ARMIES WITH IN 17 HOURS OF THE OPERATION.
VERY LITTLE FIGHT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE . ARMY OF NIZAM VIRTUALLY NO WHERE TO BE SEEN.
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBSEQUENT RETALLIATION OF HINDUS AND OTHERS ON MOSLEMS LATER THEN.AFTER POLICE ACTION.
AT INDEPENDENCE ALL THE CREDIT OF NIZAMS WAS IN RUBBISH DUE TO THESE ACTIONS OF HIM.
SO HE REMAINED AS A BLACK SPOT IN THE FAMILY HISTORY AS WELL AS INDIAN HISTORY.
WHEN NIZAM STATE WAS LIBERATED THERE WAS MUCH DIFFERNCE IN BETWEEN AREAS RULED BY NIZAM AND THE BRITSIH, THE LATER BEING MORE DEVELOPED THAN FORMER AND FOR BEING INNOCENT.AND ALSO FOR DIFFENCES AND ILL FEELINGS BETWEEN TELANGANITES AND ANDHRITES.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LATER HATRED/ILL RELATIONS BETWEEN HINDUS AND OTHERS AND MOSLEMS IN HYDERABAD STATE REGION.
HE NEITHER WAS BOTHERED TO DEVELOP COMMON MOSLEMS . HE DIDNT ENCOURAGE IN ANY WAYS TO THEM IN DEVELOPMENT .
ONLY RICH IN MOSLEMS WERE BENEFITTED BY HIM.
THE HYDERABAD CITY IS NOT PLANNED DURING EARLY PERIOD AND IS IN CHAOS PRESENTLY DUE TO IMPROPER AND CARELESS PLANNING DURING NIZAM TIMES.( CHANDIGARH , BOMBAY , BANGALORE ARE FAR PLANNED CITIES)
THIS IS MY ACCOUNT GUYS.
AND PLEASE DONT MAKE CRAPPY COMMENTS JUST
BECAUSE BEING A MOSLEM , SO BLINDLY SUPPORTING MOSLEM
OR
BECAUSE BEING A HINDU SO BLINDLY CRITICIZING THE MOSLEMS.
THESE THINGS ARE ILLOGICAL AND INDICATE THE WORST KIND OF IDIOCRACY AND UNCULTURENESS.
SEE HISTORY AS IT IS AND LEARN FROM IT, OK.
AND NOT DEGLORIFYING OR FEELING PRIDE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
OK GUYS ..
BYE
RAMAKANTH REDDY
Hey patroit
Can you ask your politicians where and how did they get their wealth. Surelythey did not inherit from their fore fathers. For example, can you find out what they did to the King Koti palace of the Nizam VII. What did they do save Eden Garden? Why did they divide Chiran Palace? Why did the deface the “Naubat Pahads”? Why did they errect smi- nude statues of some unknown clowns on Hussain Sager? I can go on and on but to what use. The so called development was and is the destruction of a well planned city.
HI this is jamaluddin khalid native of hyderabad by birth origen from Old city and i like it so much some fools says that old city is not good but in old city peoples have humanity helping nature & kind hearted,
BUt friends know a days we became reffugie in hyderabad unknown peoples from Andhra occupying hyd totally and govt supporting them our fool leaders became slaves puppets just only for haram money how can we save our hyderabad we have to do somthing for this if it gos like this our next generation have to grow up with hindus religions or our urdu language will be totally ruined so come forward to make HYDERADAD as nizam state.
1, Dont sale property to Andhra peoples or hindus what ever they are giving offer.
2,Do need full for muslim peoples
hi i am Habeeb Khalid Bin Saleh Bin Jamal-Ul-Lail from hyd.barkas is a place where i live.In anciant period Nizams were very good and the wealthiest mens in the world they were never rejected yhe poors thy calls yhe hadrami arabs from yemen,salalah,hadaramaut,yazrab(madina)ect. for the army force for his kingdom and he thoughted that it shall give some place to area to live arabs in hyderabad and he gave the the south of hyderabad there is a place called barecks now a days it is called as barkas in barkas man arabs were lived the qabhilah of some arabs are Al-Quresh,Al-Aidroos, Al-Saadi,Al-Amoodi,Al-hamed, Al-Yafai,Al-Attas,Al-kaseri,Al-dayyani,Al-Khulagi,Al-maqaavi,Al-mahroos,Al-qunnah,Al-wahlan,Al-jaidi, & Bin Harriz,Bin Jamal-ul-laill,bin Hilaabi,Bin Trif,Bin mujaide,Bin maqashim,Bin haid,Bin hydra,Ba-salama,ba- khulga,ba vazeer,lahaji,mehdi nad many more
What ever he did and did not we can see by the looking of todays infrastructure provided by the govt for any project when the amount sanction for Rs 10 lkhs the work will done for not more than rs 10 thnsnd these are the current rulers . Who thing to earn money from the public fund is their birth right .
But I proud be a Hyderabadi and my Grand father work in Nizam Dynasty . And the rule was very nice where there were no communal filling among the people and all community people lives like bhai bhai where people calld to Nizam (Aala Hazrat) and to prime minister Kishan Pershad (Maharaj Kishan Parshad ) .Allah Sardar ko jhannum me jalaye he did all these by attacking Hyderabad by Military . Obviously attackd on Hyderabad Deccan was attackd on Muslims becoz when the child of RSS ideoloy person was the leader of the team so wht we can think other than it ………. But Allah ka lakh lakh ehsaan hain k Still Hyderabadis have their different identity in l over India . email:- reporting_live123@yahoo.com
Dear Readers
I reviewed this site after almost a year and found “for and against arguments” raging on. Everybody is entitled to an opinion and there will always be ayes and naysayers however do have a look at history books written by a 3rd party, from a historian’s viewpoint.
To err is human and god has not made humans perfect, life and world will be a much better place if we understood, accepted this and moved on in life. For every Razakar movement there will be a reactionary movement. Why should we not condone the barbarity, atrocity and henious acts committed by the zealots both sides.
Patriotism is making your country proud of your acts as an individual or a group. A country or a society is nothing but a mass of people and how they co-exist and live together forms a society and how they act and behave makes the history. I, as an Indian am proud of what we had and what we have achieved in 60 plus years of post freedom. Yes, we lack a lot many things but will it not be better that we know what the lacunaes are and take corrective action.
Supporting and abusing each other on wrongs committed in the past shows what divided us and does still. Let’s come together to wash away the worngs of the past and work towards making Hyderabadis proud of their state (Nizam and Patel included) and take India to a greater glory.
Let’s build rather than destruct. Eid Mubarak
With warm personal regards to all,
Mansoor
i am pavan from nizamabad
i have a Question that why did so many people killed and ran away when this king ruled the state and majority of people were happy when he brought down from is tron i do agree with some of u people that he developed the state for ex(nizan sager, 5 nizam sugers industres public tronsport etc) after all this why some people of this state were forced to run away from their villages not only men but also woman were not save of a particular communty.
my grandfather said us about the razacars and their did’s with non-muslim woman and children so i belive than PATEL did the right thing and allowed all communty people live in pease and freedow.
at last i can only say he may did things better to all his people in his kingdom.
To
v.patel & others jealous of nizams
I being the hyderabadi never heard about nizam collecting taxes from poor…ok if he collected also billions of us$dollars will come out as an taxes & will become the richest man in 1940’s…….NO!!!!!!!
The nizam’s has won many battles & with his Intelligency he has committed with britished BUT this SARDAR PATEL(chutiya)
jealous of nizam wealth n muslim rallied Indian army…..
nizam has no option so he maked settlement with Indian government…
so mr v patel (chutiye) know before u comment!!!!!!!
hyderabad zindabad..
DEAR FRIENDS
HYDERABAD WAS THE 5TH LARGEST CITY BEFORE INDEPENDENCE AND YET IT IS 5TH PLACE ONLY.DURING NIZAM ERA WE USED TO HAVE OUR OWN AIRPORT,GOVT HOSPITALS,UNIVERSITY,BRIDGES AND ALL OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES.
AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS ON NIZAM VII,I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DONE AS THEY ALSO TAKING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY THROUGH TAXES.AFTER 60 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE WE GOT NEW AIRPORT NOW.THAT TOO GMR IS TAKING TAXES ON ENTERING INTO IT.SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM GOVT.
NIZAM WAS GOOD TO CITY AND FOR HIS PEOPLE AS WELL.
I LOVE MY CITY VERY MUCH.
PROUD TO BE HYDERABADI.
PROUD TO BE INDIAN.
HI viewers i had read intired story r history of nizam sarkar role of hyderabad. they play the unique role and dominated in southen india.
hi u r right brother
HI JUST I WANNA SAY ONE THING……
ALL THE HISTORICAL PLACE IN HYDERABAD AND ENTIRED INDIA WAS BUILD BY THE WEALTHED PERSONS WHICH BELONGS 2 ISLAM RELIGION AND THEN HAD GIVEN THEY BEST TO DEVELOPED THY COUNTRY. SO PLEASE PUT SAVE AND CLEAN AND GREEN ALL HISTORICAL PLACES,
As mentioned by many others the High court, Osmania hospital, Osmania University, Legislative assembly building, Secretariat, Nagarjuna sagar dam (started during his period) etc etc are standing proof of his doings for the welfare of his people. There was a plan to connect Kachiguda railway station to Nampally station by a single road and also Secunderabad station to Charminar – If one sees – you can see a straight road from Kachiguda station all the way up to Abids via Badi Chawdi.
SO PROUD TO BE A HYDERABADI AND PROUD TO BE A MUSLIM.
there is good and bad side of Nizam like every thing else in this world. So, people don’t fight unnecessarily . Hindus and Muslims should stop fighting …. They have fought for centuries and no point in fighting further. Let Hindus lead their own lives and let muslims lead their own lives respecting each other.
The wealth of Nizam is really amazing.. It needs to be given back to the people of telangana.
When and how Hyderabad get invaded by India. Do Hyderabadi consider themselves as Indians even after dividing into three seperate states.
Bros and sis
How Nizam earned money – do you know – Hyderabad state uses to earn a lot of revenue from just one single source – excise on liquor.
Still in Telangana Liquor is a common phenomena in all their functions. They spend a lot of money on liquor.
He made them slaves by just making them poorer everyday.
So now you know from where his wealth came from ….
By looting his own subjects.
next, see the atrocities he did on Hindus…
Please go through these links, I can also provide some more from authentic sources.
http://andhrajihad.blogspot.com/2010/03/have-telugu-speakers-forgotten-jihadi.html
http://andhrajihad.blogspot.com/2010/03/muslim-men-and-women-undergoing.html
people who are not from this part of world do not know the reality of Nizams. They see that glitter and feel that Nizams are good human beings. But they are not devilious in character. They did not do any good to the society.
Education, Health, food production and per capita income of Telangana is far far below by any standards at the time of independence. Except the state has good income on sources like liquor.
Guys, I leave it to your reasoning whether they are good or bad.
Andhraites are not Hyderabadis. They have a different culture of open drains. Look at Vijaywada your city and see ours how it was a hundred years back too. Good roads, sewage and telephone. Uncultured fellas have the cheek to speak bad about the old Hyderabad. Funny. North Indians come here and spew venom and spread lies. True Hyderabadis whether Hindu or Muslims are good friends and enjoy a common culture. Religion does not come between our lives. I feel like abusing these illiterate urchins.
By reading above said comments, I have come to one conclusion that most of Muslims are defending Nizam by citing that he built “world-class” infrastructure, did many development works etc.
But it is simply not true.
The power of people to rule themselves cannot be compared to any form of govt. These Kings,Rajas,Maharajas, Mughals and Nizams really lived up to their whims and fancies. The Nizam owned more than 90% of the land of the state. He also ruled Telangana which is still lacking in development. Considering the fact that, even if you believe that the Govt. of India didn’t do even a single developmental task there, then it means that whatever the situation it is there, is because of Nizam’s rule. And for any soul’s kind information, there has been much development in India in spite of a myriad of money going in ill-minded & corrupt politicians’ pocket. You can compare India with Pakistan. Pak is whatever it is because of it’s ill-fated and wrong beginnings. Pak was born dead. People here and there are same whether Hindus and Muslims, but the external forces like the British crippled our mind. “Look! they are Hindus, they’re in majority, if you live with them, then you’ll never be able to withstand your opinion, you’ll lack behind.”
No Ravi this is not true. Hyderabad had development all round the state and no body in the rest of India can compare. It is a false propaganda of the aggressors who invaded Hyderabad under a false pretext conquered it and annexed it by force.
People were extremely happy. Hindus worshiped the seven Nizams. You can still witness that puja in old renowned Hindu families. One does not worship them for nothing. Post 1948 propaganda against the Nizams, Hyderabad and Muslims is all constructed.
In fact Hyderabad was a very peaceful and prosperous state and till today both Hindus and Muslims who had a composite common culture miss it. There was not ever a riot between Hindus and Muslims which was the hall mark of governance of The Congress Party post invasion of Hyderabad.
Once Hyderabad was lost to the forces the biggest loosers were the Hindus of Hyderabad followed by the Muslims. Those who enjoyed were the uncultured Andhras who got something they never strove for.
Whose project was Nagar Juna Sagar? So many other projects in hundres all over the state who did it and who proposed it? The Nizam. Had the state survived fabulous development would have taken place in the early fifties itself.
Tell me what development has those districts seen now for the past 60 years. Nothing. Increase in population is not development if you think that is.
But sir the so called unification was done by force against the law. The Independence of India Act of Attlee The Prime Minister after Churchill allowed the princely states to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. Hyderabad opted for independence and had the full legal right to do so.
Had Patel taken a referendum and if people of Hyderabad decided against the State and invaded Hyderabad there could have been some justification. In fact he told Nehru not to make the mistake of a referendum in Hyderabad as the Hindu would vote for him. So much for the secular credentials of top two Congress leaders who divided the country only by their racism and communalism.
You write about this on any forum in India, we do not want to hear nor read the truth. The information what the aggressor wants to go down the throat is only allowed. For instance the wikipedia is full of the aggressors point of view which is all constructed so called history.
Most unfortunate. You are sold to propaganda and is speaking like that notorious traitor of Hyderabad that Narender Loother who earns by demonising the Nizams and Hyderabad composite culture of Hyderabadis that include all Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Muslims.
Although a Hindu I love Hyderabad and I love the Nizam regardless of what the non-Hyderabadi invaders from North and South think.
Urmila – Why we don’t have more like you around –
( people who are honest, sincere and will not
hesitate to say what is right.) – the world would have
been a better place …
Thanks for being frank and not mincing words and
saying without hesitation what is true.
I am belong Latur (Marathawada) belong to Nzam’s state. I am aware about what Nizam did for his state. I got surprised after read some soccents in this forum that if Nizam could continue the rule , hydrabad state would be like UK. My dear friend ,Nizam ruled this state for 200 years. Area of this state was equal to France. Nizam has special power in state and what he did in 200 years. 1 university building and some tower that’s all..
I know how Telangana was before independent. It was the most poor part of the india. This Nizam wanted to join Pakistan during 1947. He was planning to fight with Indian government and wanted to make this state independent. If not possible at list wanted to join Pakistan. He shared his most of the wealth with Pakistan.
How people is respecting Nizam. We had some great king like Shahu Maharaj who had done good development in Kolhapur even after had had very small kingdom. We had Gaikwad from Baroda and Shindya from Gwalhar who were having small kingdom but worked great.On top of this they all were joined immediately India after independence whitout any issue. This Nizam tried a lot to be independent state or join Pakistan.
Guyes.. Pls visit some areas of Maharashtra which earlier belong to Nizam. Area like Aurangabad, Latur and Nanded.. had well developed after independence. These places were worst areas during Nizam regime.
Comarison to Shahu Maharaj makes one laugh. Keep up the hatred and the convoluted thinking. This was hilarious. Now every body is commenting who know nothing about justice and development, peace etc.
Well the fact is Nizam was the only King in India who ruled his own kingdom and Hyderbad is the only place in whole India which was never under the power of British rule. It happend only because of Nizam unlimited wealth and stratgies to rule the Deccan. My grandfather used to say that he was very helpful to the state people and very approachable. Though he was the most richest person, he was a simple man with very high thinking.
If you still observe hyderabad, you will find the government has done nothing except capturing the Nizam’s Lavish palaces and using them as govt offices. Even now the state government could not make a university like Osmania University, could never make a court like High Court of Andhra Pradesh, more over the 58 year old government could not make a Legislative Assambly. Still use one of the Palaces of Nizam as the Legislative assambly of Andhra Pradesh. could not make even a single water reservior. Whatever was made by Nizam family is still the same.
Tax collection was a common factor in the kingdom rule, infact even today, thought India is one of the biggest economic country, still the citizens has to pay tax. where as there are many other small countries where their citizens never hear about taxes by government…The dinesty always worked for the progress of Hyderabad and the people of Hyderabad.
At the time of Nizam rule Hyderabad was the most biggest business center in Asia. Hyderabad was the only diamond cutting factory in Asia. Even today Hyderabad is called as The Pearl City. It was all done by the Quli Qutub shah dinisty and then the Nizams…
Every Hyderabadi respect the family of Nizam and would be glad if their heir’s come back to hyderabad and live with us..
shah nawaz khan
Dear Fellow Indians
Why are we not still in the position to understand nationalism.India today standing still and stronger just because of our unity in diversity.There are are only few people who are very busy in inciting haterd among the fellow Indians using all the excuses.Mean time no one can run away from the truth that Hyderabad does not belongs only to Muslim rulers.the fact is that it was ruled by several hindu kingdoms for centuries before the Muslim invaders forced them off using all kind barbarism.Now bieng an Indians we have forgotten all the misleads what was imposed on us and we have given space for every relegion to co exist peacefully unlike Pakistan and Bangladesh.So stop spredaing hateredness respect the leader like Sardar Vallaba bai patel.India is a nation of billion plus population-we are emerging as one of the economicaly and millitary powerhouse. credit should go to me.My openion is India is pndf molitically economically stronger because of its sheer size and papulation,all the credit should go to patel who united India by integrating smaller states like Hyderabad.
nizam when we here this name some thing royal comes in our mind well hydrebad the very royal place is occupied by all people from rayalaseema the most uncivilized people on earth their language lifestyle is awkward so any argument will not work out because hydrebad is already occupied by cheAP PEOPLE THEY DONT HAVE SOCIAL MANNERS AT AL L AND NOW NIZAMS WHOSE TIME IS COMPLETED ARE WE ARGUING ABOUT THAT WHICH IS OF NO USE GUYS USE UR BRAINS HA HA HA
Non Hyderabadis or recent Hyderabadis are all talking nonsense – they don’t have any clue – have some
superficial knowledge about the erstwhile state of Hyderabad and start talking about it as if they are experts.
‘ A little knowledge dosen’t make you intelligent’
The Patel who was praising V Patel – I do not call him
Sardar (Sardar is a leader) as V Patel was not on par with
Nehru. Gandhi or Jinnah. This V Patel was the main architect along with Nehru of the making of Pakistan.
Vallabhai Patel was a blood sucking self proclaimed sardar who instigated opertion POLO against the Hyderabadis and
killed thousands upon thousands of Hyderabadis in Police Action. Humnabad, Osmanabad, Aurangabad – and many outsikrts of Hyderabad were devastated. These so called
knowledgable persons do not talk about this.
One guy has written that Osman ali Khan had 86 Wives and Concumbines – Ashoka had so many wives that it was hard to even count – and they call him great.
Chandragupta maurya had 700 scantly clad female bodyguards around him all the time ???
What this had to do with being a good king. Osman Ali Khan had 86 wives etc is all BS.
The Nizams were good rulers and a large percentage of population were quite content with their lives – Period.
Let the nincompoops talk – we don’t have to give a hoot.
Dear all,
we have both mix of good and bad from Nizams family few people collected taxes and few people constructed things, But don’t forget they became rich coz they accepted things from Britishers and collected taxes from poor families, More over that entire wealth is of Indians now some once comes and says it our family our wealth it is not acceptable. Thx to patel who took a brave step in 1948. And most of the people dont know hidden truth of the nizams tht they treated many of the telugu people as slaves at tht time. And this forum will be no enough to expalin all those. And even the goldcond fort was built by Kakatiyas later captured by shaa.
As iam from hyderabad after collecting info frm my elders only iam posting. It is true only the last nizam was done amazing things like constructions but initally non of them were good towards telugu peoples.
very nice article,i came across a website named:crazyhyderabad.com which provides complete information about city of Hyderabad
Hyderabad, should be again ruled by nizams!!!
I love Hyderabad!!!
How correctly put indeed. Yes hatred should not blind our eyes. We must look at the reality. Hindus never suffered under that Nizam. Even the Nagarjuna Sagar dam was planned by the Nizam by Vishveshwarayya the great engineer. He helped Hyderabad in lots of other projects. Nizam particularly had a great liking for him.
i read all history about nizam and i think he did well in his time i appreciate our city shahere hyderabad is one of the great city in india
Dear sir
Sardar Patel was a short-sighted clown to get rid of the Nizamat of Hyderabad. He killed the golden goose!
The British and the Japanese parliaments retained the royalty and used it for promoting tourism and forex.
Anyway, Hindus, as always, are jealous of prosperity of Asaf Jah VII. By 1950, his wealth was equal to about 2 per cent of the US economy then. After his death, over 2,700 claimants tried to devour his vast fortune. Still, his descendant, Asaf Jah VIII’s wealth in 1975 was equal to 0.1 per cent of the US economy then.
By 2000, the royalty had completely shifted to Turkey and their heirs were blue-eyed. Also, Azim Premji had replaced the Nizam as the new No.1 in India.
The Nizamat wealth was born of mining royalties and trade licence fees (not taxes or plunder). So, most of the income came from European mining companies (not poor Indian labour). Infact, India (particularly Andhra Pradesh) was the only source of diamonds for the world market in the 19th century.
KEN…
HYDERABAD IS PAST. LOOK TO FUTURE. PAST ATROCITIES SHOULD BE MUST BE SETTLED BEFORE PAYING NIZAMS DESENDANTS. FAMILIES THAT SUFFERED DURING INTEGRATION PROCESS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT RAZAKARS LOOTED AND RAPED MUST BE COMPENSATED FROM
NIZAM’S WEALTH. INDIAN NATIONALS WHETHER HINDU OR MUSLIM OR CHRISTIAN MUST COME FIRST BEFORE ANY OF NIZAM RENEGADES. TTHIS ASHFAQ SHOULD BE EXPELLED FROM EARTH CALLING TRUE LEADERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE
FOR THE GOOD OF MASSES. INDIA UNITED AND DEMOCRATIC HAS TO COMPETE WITH GIANT LIKE CHINA. TRUE VISIONARIES LIKE SARDAR PATEL COME ONLY ONCE. LOOK HOW DIVIDED MUSLIM COUNTRIES ARE. SARDAR PATEL WAS MAKING HUGE INCOME. BUT HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE.
Read history- all you non Hyderabadis. While the whole of Indian popultion before and after independence used to take water bottles in the far off fields to attend the nature’s call, Hyderabad has the distinction of having a well laid drainage system, well laid roads, universities,postal, archelogical,maternity centers, jobs for every educated individual,pensions for the old, widows, orphanages, dams, temple preists, masjid imams, church fathers,free water supply in cities, villages, town, free primary education, libraries, hospitals, places of worship, funds in plenty for the endowment/wakf/minorities( read non muslims) departments, the prime minister was a non muslim, the kotwal was a non muslim.
And Hyderabad was a Kingdom with a room for democracy. And kings do marry many women, though among muslim kings the wifes are limited to 4 at a time. Muslim kings used to marry 4 women, not one woman marrying six princes and keeps shifting from on bedroom to another each day, and some ancient indian king, whose son is treated a god marries 100 women, and a milkman flirts with each and every girl who attained puberty…………..blah..blah…blah….
Hi Guys,
Afterall the gossips bearing small truths is all done by we HUMANS who are never perfect- everyone be it KING or PAUPER has his shortcomings – A MAN IS GREAT when he accomplishes and acheives in his /her lifespan – NIZAMS of HYDERABAD fall into a category of people who did miracles during their reign – The NIZAM SEVENTH ruled HYDERABAD as the richest man on earth but his personal life was as simple as our father of the nation – Do analyze but be not vulgur and pass cheap comments that shown your personality traits YOU MAN – Hold your breath and ask yourselves if you are in the shoes -HOW DO YOU MAKE A KING -Can you create history like the NIZAMS -If not when you cant beat them Join in the chorus of appreciation – A Magazine like TIMES has chronicled NIZAM of HYDERABAD that is more than an evidence to prove his credentials.
Please throw some light on various Jhagirs which Nizam alloted during his tenure as Ruler of Hyderabad I am specially interseted to know about Karwan as my roots are from there. so please throw some light on it
Please guide us of Nizam who gave Titles of Rajerairayan to Aristocrat Persons of Nizam State
I feel so sorry for the nawab. They were not bad rulers.
At least he was not corrupt like the present ruling elite. He was what is was but not corrupt.
Where corruption come in dictatorship. They took what ever they want. Go read the book Maharajas of India.
Dear friends,
Dont view this as a Muslim-Hindu conflict or Hyderabadi-Outsider conflict. Nizams has both positives and negetives.
Most of the rulers of contemporary India used to have lavish lifestyles and hardly cared for people. Here and there, they used to do some good work (which is insignificant by modern standards).
Positives:
1. Built Hyderabad infrastructure and beautiful (for himself ofcourse), which would be used by AP govt later.
2. Established some good colleges and hospitals.
Negetives:
1. Nizam state is NOT just Hyderabad. Yes, there is no disagreement that he developed hyderabad. but what about other areas ? “Telangana Rebellion” is the best example.
2. Poor human development indicators. Literacy rate is the best Example.
3. Condition of peasants in his area was far more worse than other parts of India due to “vetti”, which earned lot of money for his treasury. He hardly cared for improving irrigation facilities outside the state.
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Besides this, stop talking ill of Sardar Patel. Nizam was forced to surrender bcz of Sardar’s police action. Nizam did no charity. People did not want him and that’s why there was popular resentment. It is natural for people to prefer democracy to a dictatorship. Meanwhile some unfortunate events like “RazZakar’s violence” became black spots in Nizam’s history.
AREY , WHY U PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING THAT PAST ……
THERE WERE PLENTY RULERS AND NIZAMS AND PRINCES
FROM ROME TO CONSTANTINOPLE TO BYZANTIUM TO SYRIA TO THE EGYPTIANS ….
ALLL ARE DEAD AND DONT BOTHER US …….
WHY ARE WE DIGGING THE GRAVES …….
THEIR WAY OF RULING WAS APPLICABLE TO THAT PERIOD AND USELESS IN 21ST CENTURY ….. JUST LIKE THE RELIGIOUS TEXTS THEY USED TO FOLLOW …..
LOGICALLY , IS THIS DEBATE EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE …
WHO CARES ?
I AS AN INDIAN , DO NOT CARE ABT THE PAST , AND HAVE ONLY GOOD HOPES FOR THE FUTURE …..
i known everything about nizam and my final conclussion will be he waz a good king
All the People Who are supporting Nizams were not from Bharathdesh.
Those people came out from other lands and looted the wealth of Bharathdesh.So all that wealth belongs to Bharathdesh only.
If you want to support those Invaders, Leave Bharathdesh and go to your native places.
Jai Bharath.
The comments of anonymous – not the one above but the one which is written earlier are brutally honest. I do not hear from anybody any reaction to it – so what he has written is true and it must have been very hard to swallow it for many.
There must have been shortcomings in Mir Osman Ali Khan’s reign as nobody is perfect but overall – he and his forefathers were good kings .You can’t ask for more than this.
nawab let face to face with hyderabaddi people
Indian History is corrupt and saffronised!
MAAKHAN on 4th july at 9am
first of all allahtallah ruling world from thousand years onwards without taking any tax from humanbeing,animals etc.so dont argue with eachother on past,i love my india,i love my nizam’s state hyd with my heart,i came to know though my elders that nizam sarkar done a good job for his state,todays ministers everytime involve in 3gscam,this scam,that scam so what people is doing,what anna hazarey doing to such people,if this type of scam,corruption,inflation democracy we get from gandhiji,subhashji,nehruji so i say that the nizam’s policies,rule is better then this present sitiuation of india.
Did any body read the book of ‘Maharajas of India’? Who was that Nizam, who forcibly collected valuable things (including that worn by brides) as gift in all the functions he was invited to.
generally every nation has to maintain armed forces for safe custody of its land. But nizam has no army in 1800 the nizam rulers has made subsidiary alliance with the British to maintain British army Nizams has ceded the present Rayalaseema districts known as ceded districs for nearly 150 years the British army salaries paid taxes collected from the Rayalaseema districts. Hence NIzam has become richest
Hi friends,
Thanks for speaking about our former king NIZAM and CITY OF NAWABS.
I really thank each and every for discussing the facts but not for rumors.
As a hyderabadi i respect NIZAM for all his contribution to our state.
Many of my friends(above) saying that he has not collected taxes then how he was able to rule?…..Every govt or king needs some money(income) to rule right?
Yes i agree he developed the state and facilitated many things which are enoughto lead a balanced life.Last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan constructed useful Dams like Nizam Sagar,Gandipet lake etc..,
(from wikipedia)
Before Nizam Sagar was built, the Manjira River was not properly harnessed and little water was being used by diverting water at Ghanpur Anicut for Irrigating about 5,000 acres and an open Channel called Mahaboob Nahar (Right Canal) in Medak District. The Ghanpur Anicut was the first scheme constructed across Manjira river in 1904 at a cost of Rs.18.00 Lakhs. Some years later, Nawab Ali Nawaj Jung Bahadur as Superintending Engineer added Fatch Nahar ( Left canal ) to increase the utility of the river later. The ayacut of 17,308 acres was being irrigated under this Ghanpur Anicut which subsequently increased to 30,000 acres as per actuals.
Nizam sagar Project is the second irrigation scheme on Manjira river and the largest in the then Hyderabad state taken up during the year 1923 and completed by the year 1931. This Project was originally contemplated for utilization of 58.00 TMC of water to irrigate 2,75,000 acres in Banswada, Bodhan, Nizamabad and Armoor Taluks of Nizamabad District. After reorganization of States in 1956, the Manjira basin got distributed among the three states viz., Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
This project fulfills the thirst of twin cities people to present and continues.
Nizams also built Gandipet dam(Osman sagar).The dam was built by Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, in the year 1920; hence the lake got the name as ‘Osman Sagar’.
The purpose of building the dam was to supply water to the glorious kingdom of the Nizam. The flood water from the nearby places was also diverted to this water body so that the villages can be saved. Gandipet is also an important catchment area, in the past and even in the coming years.
To say about his contribution to the state it takes years for me.
(In my view) At the same time there are negatives in his rule. He himself doesn’t rule whole area,he has many subordinates who misused their power. He appointed local people(Doralu,Landlords) to rule particular areas.Under each landlord there were many villages. Nizam appointed Razakars as ambassadors to look after these landlords.
I personally believe that the reason or cause for the RAZAKAR MOVEMENT was the way the landlords(some of many) treated their people.My grandfathers and many of our elders witnessed the cruelty of landlords(Doralu).And when Razakars supported these landlords instead of supporting the justice,the hatred started budding up against the NIZAM as Razakars were his representatives.
“There were a few kings in the history who really care about their people and Nizam is one of them.”
And more importantly one of our friends(AHMED) was telling that the name India was came from Persia and Arabs. Brother may i ask you
Where from these Persian,Arabs and other languages came from? I mean the origin of languages.
Hope you know it very well.
Why you people talk about sir. Sardar Patel?
Who was he to hyderabad and hyderabadis?
We hyderabadis wanted to unite with the India that’s the reason some of our
protesters and VIP’s consulted the indian govt and he was then representative of indian government. If not sir.sardar patel we would have united under other great Officials.
And there were some friends telling about to read history books,I would really be happy if you people provide me the details of some history books(Nizam,Telangana). By replying to this comment.
Lets keeep talking about our history…………..”Im really very happy to be a hyderabadi.”