Princely state of the Deccan founded when the Mughal viceroy Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I threw off effective central control in 1724; ruled continuously by his Asaf Jahi dynasty (the Nizams) until annexed by India after independence.
Annexed into the Republic of India in September 1948 via Operation Polo (the 'Police Action'), ending the Nizam's rule five days into the campaign (17 September 1948).
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Hyderabad State — the shape you scrub through changes in 1724 · 1749 · 1808 · 1859.
Scholarly social and political history of the state across its full Nizami period.
First-person account by Hyderabad's last Prime Minister of the state's final years and 1948 annexation.