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Hyderabad State
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Princely state in British India
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It sits within the topics 1724 establishments in India, 1948 disestablishments in India and Former monarchies of India.
Vinony links it to 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 1941
- 214,187 km (82,698 sq mi)
- Status
- Vassal state of the Mughal Empire ( de jure , 1724–1748) , Protectorate of the Maratha Empire (1748–1818), Semi-independent under British protection (1798–1858) , Princely state of India (1858–1947) , Unrecognised independent state (1947–1948)
- Capital
- Aurangabad (1724–1763), Hyderabad (1763–1948)
- Official languages
- Telugu (administration and court; dynastic), Persian (Court and revenue 1724–1886) and Hindustani ( Urdu ) (dynastic) , Urdu (For Court and revenue from 1886–1948)
- Common languages
- Telugu (48.2%), Marathi (26.4%), Kannada (12.3%), Deccani (10.3%)
- Religion
- 13% Islam ( official ) Sunni Islam Shia Islam Non-denominational Islam 81% Hinduism 6% Christianity and others
- Government
- Absolute monarchy
- 1724 1748
- Asaf Jah I (first)
- 1911 1948
- Asaf Jah VII (last)
- 1724 1730
- Iwaz Khan (first)
- 1947 1948
- Mir Laiq Ali (last)
- Historical era
- .
- Established
- 31 July 1724
- Annexation by india
- 18 September 1948
- Currency
- Hyderabadi rupee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Country
- British Raj
- Located in
- British Raj
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Aurangabad
- Official language
- Kannada
- Currency
- Hyderabadi rupee
- Form of government
- absolute monarchy
- Dialing code
- 040
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- Commons category
- Hyderabad State
- topic's main category
- Category:Hyderabad State
- inception
- 1724-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1948-09-17
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- replaced by
- Hyderabad State (1948-1956)
- language used
- Kannada
- official religion
- Islam
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofIndia
Hyderabad State (pronunciation), also referred to as the Nizamate of Hyderabad, was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyderabad State” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.