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When a Hindu King did a ‘Sardar Patel’ 575 years ago: How Gajapati Kapilendra Deva from Odisha liberated Telangana from Islamic rule

Nihar Ranjan Nanda - 27 September, 2023

The Kapilendra Deva of the Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty is credited for liberating the modern-day Telangana from the clutches of tyrannical Bahamani Sultanate rule.

Opinions

Revisiting the brutal legacy of the Nizam rule in Hyderabad before Sardar Patel changed things

Sumiran Komarraju - 18 September, 2023

Even while the rest of India celebrated independence on 15th August 1947, the people of Telangana had to wait for over 13 months to free themselves from the shackles of Nizam’s tyrannical rule.

News Reports

Teaser of Telugu movie Razakar released, shows the Hyderabad genocide against Hindus under Nizam’s rule before Indian Army came to intervene

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2023

Movie based on atrocities against Hindus during Hyderabad Liberation Movement to be released in 2024

News Reports

Nominal ‘8th Nizam’ buried in Hyderabad after death in Turkey, read about his Ottoman dynasty connection and suppression of Hindus

Gopal Tiwari - 19 January, 2023

Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the nominal eighth Nizam of Hyderabad, was buried at Makka Mosque in Hyderabad after he died in Turkey

As India decides on a yearlong “Hyderabad Liberation Day” celebration, here is the bloody history of Razakars and how Hyderabad became part of independent...

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2022

Ministry of Culture, Government of India to have yearlong "Hyderabad Liberation Day" celebrations

News Reports

Telangana: Manikonda land belongs to State govt, not Waqf Board, rules Supreme Court, read Details

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2022

The SC rejected Waqf Board’s claims on the Manikonda land and said that Dargah Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali has no right on it.

Political History of India

The muffled voices of Hyderabad: Unaccounted reports of mass genocide of local Hindus under the Nizam

Nivan - 31 October, 2020

One of the largest princely states within the Indian union was Hyderabad, a Hindu-majority region ruled by a Muslim Nizam.

Law

Pakistan faces yet another embarrassment, British HC rules in favour of India in Nizam of Hyderabad’s property rights case

Jhankar Mohta - 2 October, 2019

The British HC' order saying that the property of Nizam of Hyderabad belongs to India helped unmask Pakistan's deceit

Fact-Check

No, the Nizam was not a large hearted patriot who donated 5000 kg of gold to fight China

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

There exists an urban legend that the Nizam Mir Osman Ali of Hyderabad had donated 5000 kgs of gold to the Indian government to help in Indo-China war.

News Reports

If BJP comes to power in Telangana, Owaisi will have to flee from the state: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2018

Yogi was addressing a public rally in Tandur, Vikarabad ahead of Telangana polls

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