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id="toc-Contributions_to_society-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Educational_initiatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Educational_initiatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Educational initiatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Educational_initiatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Osmania_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Osmania_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Osmania University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Osmania_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Construction_of_major_public_buildings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Construction_of_major_public_buildings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Construction of major public buildings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Construction_of_major_public_buildings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Establishment_of_Hyderabad_State_Bank" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Establishment_of_Hyderabad_State_Bank"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Establishment of Hyderabad State Bank</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Establishment_of_Hyderabad_State_Bank-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flood_prevention" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flood_prevention"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Flood prevention</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flood_prevention-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agricultural_reforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Donation in Gold to the National Defence Fund</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Donation_in_Gold_to_the_National_Defence_Fund-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Donations_to_educational_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Donations_to_educational_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Donations to educational institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Donations_to_educational_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Restoration_of_Ajanta_Ellora_caves" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Restoration_of_Ajanta_Ellora_caves"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Restoration of Ajanta Ellora caves</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Restoration_of_Ajanta_Ellora_caves-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Osman_%C6%8Fli_xan_Siddiqi" title="Mir Osman Əli xan Siddiqi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mir Osman Əli xan Siddiqi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8,_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9" title="উসমান আলি খান, সপ্তম আসাফ জাহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উসমান আলি খান, সপ্তম আসাফ জাহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf_Jah_VII" title="Asaf Jah VII – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Asaf Jah VII" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf_Jah_VII." title="Asaf Jah VII. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Asaf Jah VII." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf_Jah_VII" title="Asaf Jah VII – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asaf Jah VII" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf_Jah_la_7-a" title="Asaf Jah la 7-a – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Asaf Jah la 7-a" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="عثمان علی خان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="عثمان علی خان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf_J%C3%A2h_VII" title="Asaf Jâh VII – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Asaf Jâh VII" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="मीर उस्मान अली ख़ान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मीर उस्मान अली ख़ान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Ali_Khan,_Asaf_Jah_VII" title="Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Ali_Khan,_Asif_Jah_VII" title="Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" 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data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="عثمان على خان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عثمان على خان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3" title="ウスマーン・アリー・ハーン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウスマーン・アリー・ハーン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Mir Osman Ali Khan</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Amir_al-Muminin" class="mw-redirect" title="Amir al-Muminin">Amir al-Muminin</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg/220px-Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg/330px-Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg/440px-Usman_Ali_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Mir Osman Ali Khan in 1926</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad#List_of_Nizams_of_Hyderabad_(1724–1948)" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">29 August 1911 –<br /> 17 September 1948<br />Titular: 17 September 1948 – 24 February 1967<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coronation" title="Coronation">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">18 September 1911<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahbub_Ali_Khan,_Asaf_Jah_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI">Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">Title abolished<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mukarram_Jah" title="Mukarram Jah">Barkat Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VIII</a> (titular)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Hyderabad_State" title="List of prime ministers of Hyderabad State">Prime minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kishen_Pershad" title="Kishen Pershad">Kishen Pershad</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mir_Yousuf_Ali_Khan,_Salar_Jung_III" title="Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III">Salar Jung III</a><br />Sayyid Ali Imam<br />Faridoon-ul-Mulk<br />Wali-ud-Daula<br /><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hydari" title="Akbar Hydari">Akbar Hydari</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad_Said_Khan_Chhatari" title="Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari">Nawab of Chhatari</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Muhammad_Ismail" title="Mirza Muhammad Ismail">Mirza Muhammad Ismail</a><br />Nawab of Chhatari<br /><a href="/wiki/Mir_Laiq_Ali" title="Mir Laiq Ali">Mir Laiq Ali</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1886-04-05</span>)</span>5 April 1886<sup id="cite_ref-Jagannath_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jagannath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1886-04-06</span>)</span>6 April 1886<br /><a href="/wiki/Purani_Haveli" title="Purani Haveli">Purani Haveli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a><br />(now in <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">24 February 1967 <br /> (aged 80)<br /><a href="/wiki/King_Kothi_Palace" title="King Kothi Palace">King Kothi Palace</a>, Kingdom of Hyderabad, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><br />(now in <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Judi_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Judi Mosque">Judi Mosque</a>, (opposite <a href="/wiki/King_Kothi_Palace" title="King Kothi Palace">King Kothi Palace</a>), <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, Andhra Pradesh, India <br />(now in Telangana, India)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Azam-un-Nisa Begum</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1906; died 1955)<wbr />​</div><br />Shahzada Begum<br />Ikbal Begum<br />Gowhar Begum<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Mazhar-un-Nisa Begum</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1923; died 1964)<wbr />​</div><br />Leila Begum<br />Jani Begum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a><br /><span style="font-weight:normal"><i><a href="#Family">Among others</a></i></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Azam_Jah" title="Azam Jah">Azam Jah</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Moazzam_Jah" title="Moazzam Jah">Moazzam Jah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asaf_Jahi_dynasty" title="Asaf Jahi dynasty">Asaf Jahi dynasty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahbub_Ali_Khan,_Asaf_Jah_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI">Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data">Amat-uz-Zahra Begum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State"><img alt="Hyderabad State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/23px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/35px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/46px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="328" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_Forces" title="Hyderabad State Forces">Hyderabad State Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1911 - 1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Polo">Operation Polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Mir_(title)" title="Mir (title)">Mir</a> <b>Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII</b> (5<sup id="cite_ref-Jaganath_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaganath-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the last <a href="/wiki/Nizam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam">Nizam</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (ruler) of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a>, the largest state in the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Indian_Empire_(1876%E2%80%931947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Empire (1876–1947)">Indian Empire</a>. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25<sup id="cite_ref-Dona_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dona-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ruled the State of Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Indian Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Polo">annexed</a> it.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was styled as <a href="/wiki/His_Exalted_Highness" class="mw-redirect" title="His Exalted Highness">His Exalted Highness (H.E.H)</a> the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Time_1937-02-22_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_1937-02-22-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was widely considered one of the world's wealthiest people of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-zupan_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zupan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With some estimates placing his wealth at 2% of U.S. GDP,<sup id="cite_ref-zupan_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zupan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his portrait was on the cover of <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i> magazine</a> in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a semi-autonomous monarch, he had his mint, printing his currency, the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabadi_rupee" title="Hyderabadi rupee">Hyderabadi rupee</a>, and had a private treasury that was said to contain £100 million in gold and silver bullion, and a further £400 million of jewels (in 2008 terms).<sup id="cite_ref-zupan_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zupan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major source of his wealth was the <a href="/wiki/Golconda_diamonds" title="Golconda diamonds">Golconda mines</a>, the only supplier of <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamonds</a> in the world at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-jhala_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jhala-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among them was the <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Diamond" title="Jacob Diamond">Jacob Diamond</a>, valued at some £50 million (in 2008 terms),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and used by the Nizam as a <a href="/wiki/Paperweight" title="Paperweight">paperweight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his 37-year rule, electricity was introduced, and railways, roads, and airports were developed. He was known as the "Architect of modern Hyderabad" and is credited with establishing many public institutions in the city of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Osmania_University" title="Osmania University">Osmania University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osmania_General_Hospital" title="Osmania General Hospital">Osmania General Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_Bank_of_Hyderabad" title="State Bank of Hyderabad">State Bank of Hyderabad</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Begumpet_Airport" title="Begumpet Airport">Begumpet Airport</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad High Court">Hyderabad High Court</a>. Two reservoirs, <a href="/wiki/Osman_Sagar" title="Osman Sagar">Osman Sagar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himayat_Sagar" title="Himayat Sagar">Himayat Sagar</a>, were built during his reign, to prevent another <a href="/wiki/Great_Musi_Flood_of_1908" title="Great Musi Flood of 1908">great flood</a> in the city. The Nizam also constructed the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_Sagar_Dam" title="Nizam Sagar Dam">Nizam Sagar Dam</a> and, in 1923, a <a href="/wiki/Reservoir_(water)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reservoir (water)">reservoir</a> constructed across the <a href="/wiki/Manjira_River" title="Manjira River">Manjira River</a>, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Godavari_River" title="Godavari River">Godavari River</a>, between Achampet(Nizamabad) and Banjepally villages of the <a href="/wiki/Kamareddy_district" title="Kamareddy district">Kamareddy district</a> in <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is located at about 144 km (89 mi) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad, India">Hyderabad</a>. Nizam Sagar is the oldest dam in the state of <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lakes_built_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakes_built-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nizam had refused to accede Hyderabad to India after the country's independence on 15 August 1947. He wanted his domains to remain an independent state or join Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, he wanted his state to join India; however, his power had weakened because of the <a href="/wiki/Telangana_Rebellion" title="Telangana Rebellion">Telangana Rebellion</a> and the rise of a radical militia known as the <a href="/wiki/Razakars_(Hyderabad)" title="Razakars (Hyderabad)">Razakars</a>, whom he could not put down. In 1948, the Indian Army <a href="/wiki/Indian_annexation_of_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian annexation of Hyderabad">invaded and annexed Hyderabad State</a> and defeated the Razakars.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nizam became the <a href="/wiki/Rajpramukh" title="Rajpramukh">Rajpramukh</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State_(1948%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad State (1948–56)">Hyderabad State</a> between 1950 and 1956, after which the state was partitioned and became part of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1951, he not only started the construction of Nizam Orthopedic Hospital (now known as <a href="/wiki/Nizam%27s_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences" title="Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences">Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences</a> (NIMS)) and gave it to the government on a 99-year lease for a monthly rent of Rs.1,<sup id="cite_ref-niz_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-niz-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he also donated 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) of land from his estate to <a href="/wiki/Vinobha_Bhave" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinobha Bhave">Vinobha Bhave</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bhoodan_movement" title="Bhoodan movement">Bhoodan movement</a> for re-distribution among landless farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-Dona_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dona-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mir Osman Ali Khan was born 5<sup id="cite_ref-Jaganath_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaganath-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 6 April 1886, the second son of <a href="/wiki/Asaf_Jah_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Asaf Jah VI">Mahboob Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI</a> and Amat-uz-Zahra Begum<sup id="cite_ref-b377_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b377-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-m903_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m903-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Purani_Haveli" title="Purani Haveli">Purani Haveli</a> (also known as Masarrat Mahal palace). He was educated privately and reportedly became fluent in <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> and English.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jaganath_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaganath-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under <a href="/wiki/Nawab_Muhammad_Ali_Beg" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg">Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg</a> he received court ethics and military training.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the recommendation of <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">the Viceroy of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin">Lord Elgin</a> in 1898, in early 1899 Sir Brian Egerton (of the <a href="/wiki/Egerton_family" title="Egerton family">Egerton family</a> and former tutor to Maharajah of Bikaner <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Singh" title="Ganga Singh">Ganga Singh</a>) was appointed as Mir Osman Ali Khan's <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> tutor for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-Jagannath_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jagannath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period he lived away from the principal palace. He lived on his own to avoid the atmosphere of the palace quarters under the guidance of Sir Brian and other British officials and mentors so that he could flourish as a gentleman of the highest class. Sir Brian Egerton recorded that as a child, Mir Osman Ali Khan was <a href="/wiki/A_magnanimous_act" title="A magnanimous act">magnanimous</a> and "anxious to learn". Because of the indomitable attitude of <a href="/wiki/Zenana" title="Zenana">zenana</a> (the women) who were determined to send Mir Osman Ali Khan out of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> for further studies, he pursued them at <a href="/wiki/Mayo_College" title="Mayo College">Mayo College</a> after consultation with the principal nobles of the <a href="/wiki/Paigah_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Paigah family">Paigah family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-birth_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keen_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keen-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg/250px-Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg/375px-Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg/500px-Coronation_portrait_of_the_VIIth_Nizam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam when he ascended the throne at 25 years of age</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png/250px-1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png/375px-1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png/500px-1_rupee_Hyderabard_-_1913.png 2x" data-file-width="2468" data-file-height="1352" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Silver_coin" title="Silver coin">Silver coin</a>: 1 rupee <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a>, Mir Osman Ali Khan, 1913</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mir_Mahboob_Ali_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mir Mahboob Ali Khan">Mir Mahboob Ali Khan</a> The VI Nizam died on 29 August 1911 and on the same day Mir Osman Ali Khan was proclaimed Nizam VII under the supervision of Nawab Shahab Jung, a minister of Police and Public works.<sup id="cite_ref-throning_ceremony_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-throning_ceremony-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 September 1911, the crowning ceremony was officially held at the <a href="/wiki/Chowmahalla_Palace" title="Chowmahalla Palace">Chowmahalla Palace</a>. </p><p>His coronation <a href="/wiki/Durbar_(court)" title="Durbar (court)">Durbar (court)</a> included the prime minister of Hyderabad <a href="/wiki/Kishen_Pershad" title="Kishen Pershad">Maharaja Kishen Pershad</a>, Colonel Alexander Pinhey (1911–1916) British <a href="/wiki/Resident_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident (title)">resident</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Residency,_Hyderabad" title="British Residency, Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, the Paigah, and the distinguished nobles of the state and the head of principalities under Nizam domain.<sup id="cite_ref-Jagannath_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jagannath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-birth_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The famous mines of <a href="/wiki/Golconda_diamonds" title="Golconda diamonds">Golconda</a> were the major source of wealth for the Nizams,<sup id="cite_ref-diamonds_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamonds-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Kingdom of Hyderabad</a> being the only supplier of diamonds for the global market in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-diamonds_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamonds-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mir Osman Ali Khan acceded as the Nizam of Hyderabad upon the death of his father in 1911. The state of Hyderabad was the largest of the princely states in colonial India. With an area of 86,000 square miles (223,000  km<sup>2</sup>), it was roughly the size of the present-day United Kingdom. The Nizam was the highest-ranking prince in India, was one of only five princes <a href="/wiki/Salute_state" title="Salute state">entitled to a 21-gun salute</a>, held the unique title of "Nizam", and titled "<a href="/wiki/Exalted_Highness" class="mw-redirect" title="Exalted Highness">His Exalted Highness</a>" and "Faithful Ally of the British Crown".<sup id="cite_ref-The_Hindu_2007-03-14_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Hindu_2007-03-14-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1911_to_1918)"><span id="Early_years_.281911_to_1918.29"></span>Early years (1911 to 1918)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years (1911 to 1918)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1908, three years before the Nizam's coronation, the city of Hyderabad was <a href="/wiki/Great_Musi_Flood_of_1908" title="Great Musi Flood of 1908">struck by a major flood</a> that resulted in the death of thousands. The Nizam, on the advice of <a href="/wiki/M._Visvesvaraya" title="M. Visvesvaraya">Sir M. Visvesvaraya</a>, ordered the construction of two large reservoirs—the <a href="/wiki/Osman_Sagar" title="Osman Sagar">Osman Sagar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himayat_Sagar" title="Himayat Sagar">Himayat Sagar</a>—to prevent another flood.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELaw191485-92_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELaw191485-92-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was given the title of "Faithful Ally of the <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">British Crown</a>" after <a href="/wiki/World_War_One" class="mw-redirect" title="World War One">World War One</a> because of his financial contribution to the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>'s war effort.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of the reason behind his unique title of "His Exalted Highness" and other titles was due to the huge amounts of financial help that he provided the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> amounting to nearly £25 million (£1,538,279,000 in 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (For example, <a href="/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 110 Squadron RAF">No. 110 Squadron RAF</a>'s original complement of <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9A" title="Airco DH.9A">Airco DH.9A</a> aircraft were Osman Ali's gift. Each aircraft bore an inscription to that effect, and the unit became known as the "Hyderabad Squadron".)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also paid for a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> vessel, the <a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">N-class</a> destroyer, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Nizam_(G38)" title="HMAS Nizam (G38)">HMAS <i>Nizam</i></a> commissioned in 1940 and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1918, the Nizam issued a <i><a href="/wiki/Firman" title="Firman">firman</a></i> (decree) that established <a href="/wiki/Osmania_University" title="Osmania University">Osmania University</a>, the first university to have <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> as the language of instruction. The present campus was completed in 1934. The <i>Firman</i> also mentioned the university's detailed mission and objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The establishment of Osmania University was highly lauded by <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> laureate <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> who was overjoyed to see the day when Indians are "freed from the shackles of a foreign language and our education becomes naturally accessible to all our people".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_(1918_to_1939)"><span id="Post-World_War_.281918_to_1939.29"></span>Post-World War (1918 to 1939)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-World War (1918 to 1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg/220px-The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg/330px-The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg/440px-The_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_pays_homage_to_the_king_and_queen_at_the_Delhi_Durbar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1461" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam pays homage to <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Queen Mary</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Durbar" title="Delhi Durbar">Delhi Durbar</a>, December 1911</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1919, the Nizam ordered the formation of the Executive Council of Hyderabad, presided over by Sir Sayyid Ali Imam, including eight other members, each in charge of one or more departments. The president of the Executive Council would also be the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Hyderabad_State" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State">prime minister of Hyderabad</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Begumpet_Airport" title="Begumpet Airport">Begumpet Airport</a> was established in 1930 with the eventual formation of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_Aero_Club" title="Hyderabad Aero Club">Hyderabad Aero Club</a> by the Nizam in 1936. Initially, Nizam's private airline, <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Airways_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan Airways Limited">Deccan Airways</a>, one of the earliest airlines in British India, used it as a domestic and international airport. The terminal building was constructed in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first commercial flight took off from the airport in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years_of_his_reign_(1939_to_1948)"><span id="Final_years_of_his_reign_.281939_to_1948.29"></span>Final years of his reign (1939 to 1948)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final years of his reign (1939 to 1948)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg/220px-President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg/330px-President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg/440px-President_of_Yugoslavia_Josip_Broz_Tito_meeting_with_H.E.H._the_Nizam_of_Hyderabad_in_1956.jpg 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption>President of Yugoslavia <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a> meeting with the Nizam, c. 1956</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg/220px-AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg/330px-AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg/440px-AsafJah7_Al-Quaiti-Family.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1925" data-file-height="1240" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam with the <a href="/wiki/Qu%27aiti" title="Qu'aiti">Al-Quaiti</a> royal family</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NizamSaud.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NizamSaud.jpg/220px-NizamSaud.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NizamSaud.jpg/330px-NizamSaud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NizamSaud.jpg/440px-NizamSaud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam with <a href="/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Saud of Saudi Arabia">King Saud</a> during his visit to <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Nizam arranged a matrimonial alliance with the deposed caliph <a href="/wiki/Abdulmejid_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdulmejid II">Abdulmejid II</a> whereby Nizam's first son <a href="/wiki/Azam_Jah" title="Azam Jah">Azam Jah</a> would marry <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCrr%C3%BC%C5%9Fehvar_Sultan" title="Dürrüşehvar Sultan">Princess Durrushehvar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. It was believed that the matrimonial alliance between Nizam and Abdulmejid II would lead to the emergence of a Muslim ruler who could be acceptable to the world powers in place of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Sultans</a>. After India's Independence, the Nizam attempted to declare his sovereignty over the state of Hyderabad, either as a protectorate of the British Empire or as a sovereign monarchy. However, his power weakened because of the <a href="/wiki/Telangana_Rebellion" title="Telangana Rebellion">Telangana Rebellion</a> and the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Razakars_(Hyderabad)" title="Razakars (Hyderabad)">Razakars</a>, a Muslim militia who wanted Hyderabad to remain under Muslim rule. In 1948, India <a href="/wiki/Indian_annexation_of_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian annexation of Hyderabad">invaded and annexed</a> Hyderabad State, and the rule of the Nizam ended. He became the <a href="/wiki/Rajpramukh" title="Rajpramukh">Rajpramukh</a> and served from 26 January 1950 to 31 October 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-Nizam_Governor_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nizam_Governor-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contributions_to_society">Contributions to society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contributions to society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_initiatives">Educational initiatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Educational initiatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By donating to major educational institutions throughout India, he introduced many educational reforms during his reign. Up to 11% of his budget was spent on education.<sup id="cite_ref-Education_budget_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Education_budget-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schools, colleges and a Department for Translation were set up. Primary education was made compulsory and provided free for the poor. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg/220px-Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg/330px-Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg/440px-Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="826" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam at the inauguration of the <a href="/wiki/Osmania_University" title="Osmania University">Osmania University</a> Arts College, c. 1937</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Osmania_University">Osmania University</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Osmania University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Osmania_University" title="Osmania University">Osmania University</a></div> <p>He founded the Osmania University in 1918 through a royal firman.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the largest universities in India. Schools, colleges and a Department for Translation were set up.<sup id="cite_ref-osmania_1917-04-26_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osmania_1917-04-26-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction_of_major_public_buildings">Construction of major public buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Construction of major public buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nearly all the major public buildings and institutions in Hyderabad city, such as the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Judicature_at_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad">Hyderabad High Court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Hall,_Hyderabad" title="Jubilee Hall, Hyderabad">Jubilee Hall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nizamia_Observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizamia Observatory">Nizamia Observatory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moazzam_Jahi_Market" title="Moazzam Jahi Market">Moazzam Jahi Market</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kachiguda_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kachiguda Railway Station">Kachiguda Railway Station</a>, Asafiya Library (<a href="/wiki/State_Central_Library,_Hyderabad" title="State Central Library, Hyderabad">State Central Library, Hyderabad</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Town_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Town Hall">Town Hall</a> now known as the Assembly Hall, Hyderabad Museum now known as the <a href="/wiki/Telangana_State_Archaeology_Museum" title="Telangana State Archaeology Museum">State Museum</a>; <a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_Hyderabad_State" title="Category:Hospitals established in Hyderabad State">hospitals</a> like <a href="/wiki/Osmania_General_Hospital" title="Osmania General Hospital">Osmania General Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_Nizamia_General_Hospital" title="Government Nizamia General Hospital">Nizamia Hospital</a> and many other buildings were constructed under his reign.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also built the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_House" title="Hyderabad House">Hyderabad House</a> in Delhi, now used for diplomatic meetings by the Government of India.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment_of_Hyderabad_State_Bank">Establishment of Hyderabad State Bank</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Establishment of Hyderabad State Bank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_Bank_of_Hyderabad" title="State Bank of Hyderabad">State Bank of Hyderabad</a></div> <p>In 1941, he started his bank, the Hyderabad State Bank. It was later renamed <a href="/wiki/State_Bank_of_Hyderabad" title="State Bank of Hyderabad">State Bank of Hyderabad</a> and merged with the <a href="/wiki/State_Bank_of_India" title="State Bank of India">State Bank of India</a> as the state's central bank in 2017. It was established on 8 August 1941 under the Hyderabad State Bank Act. The bank managed the Osmania Sicca (<a href="/wiki/Hyderabadi_rupee" title="Hyderabadi rupee">Hyderabadi rupee</a>), the currency of the state of Hyderabad. It was the only state in India that had <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_Hyderabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Banknotes of Hyderabad">its currency</a>, and the only state in British India where the ruler was allowed to issue currency. In 1953, the bank absorbed, by merger, the Mercantile Bank of Hyderabad, which Raja Pannalal Pitti had founded in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. What is said in this book to support this statement? (July 2020)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1956, the Reserve Bank of India took over the bank as its first subsidiary and renamed it State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH). The Subsidiary Banks Act was passed in 1959. On 1 October 1959, SBH and the other banks of the princely states became subsidiaries of SBI. It merged with SBI on 31 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flood_prevention">Flood prevention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Flood prevention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the Great Musi Flood of 1908, which killed an estimated 50,000 people, the Nizam constructed two lakes to prevent flooding—the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar<sup id="cite_ref-lakes_built_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakes_built-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> named after himself, and his son <a href="/wiki/Azam_Jah" title="Azam Jah">Azam Jah</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agricultural_reforms">Agricultural reforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Agricultural reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nizam founded agricultural research in the <a href="/wiki/Marathwada" title="Marathwada">Marathwada</a> region of Hyderabad State with the establishment of the Main Experimental Farm in 1918 in <a href="/wiki/Parbhani" title="Parbhani">Parbhani</a>. During his rule, agricultural education was available only at Hyderabad; crop research centres for <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">sorghum</a>, cotton, and fruits existed in Parbhani. After independence, the Indian government developed this facility further and renamed it <a href="/wiki/Marathwada_Agriculture_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathwada Agriculture University">Marathwada Agriculture University</a> on 18 May 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-MAU_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAU-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contribution_to_Indian_aviation">Contribution to Indian aviation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Contribution to Indian aviation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>India's first airport—the <a href="/wiki/Begumpet_Airport" title="Begumpet Airport">Begumpet Airport</a>—was established in the 1930s with the formation of the Hyderabad Aero Club by the Nizam. Initially, it was used as a domestic and international airport by <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Airways_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan Airways Limited">Deccan Airways Limited</a>, the first airline in British India. The airport terminal was constructed in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donations_to_Hindu_temples">Donations to Hindu temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Donations to Hindu temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Mir Osman Ali Khan’s regime, financial support of Rs 97,000 and more than Two-lakh-acres of land were donated for the Hindu temples. Hindu temple histories in Hyderabad, both oral and written, feature close interaction with the Nizam’s court and administration.<sup id="cite_ref-temples_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temples-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nizam donated Rs. 82,825 to the <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Narasimha_Temple,_Yadadri" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Yadadri">Yadagirigutta temple</a> at Bhongir, Rs. 29,999 to the <a href="/wiki/Sita_Ramachandraswamy_temple,_Bhadrachalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Sita Ramachandraswamy temple, Bhadrachalam">Sita Ramachandraswamy temple, Bhadrachalam</a><sup id="cite_ref-donated_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donated-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and yearly donation of Rs. 8,000 to the <a href="/wiki/Venkateswara_Temple,_Tirumala" title="Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala">Tirupati Balaji Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also donated Rs. 50,000 towards the reconstruction of <a href="/wiki/Sitarambagh_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitarambagh temple">Sitarambagh temple</a> located in the old city of Hyderabad,<sup id="cite_ref-donated_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donated-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and bestowed a grant of 100,000 <a href="/wiki/Hyderabadi_rupee" title="Hyderabadi rupee">Hyderabadi rupees</a> towards the reconstruction of <a href="/wiki/Thousand_Pillar_Temple" title="Thousand Pillar Temple">Thousand Pillar Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also donated 1,525 acres of Land to "Sita Rama Swami Temple" located in Devaryamjal<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other temples which received yearly monetary grants were Yadgirigutta temple, Mahetta Balekdas temple, Sikhar temple, Seetharambagh temple and Jamsingh temple.<sup id="cite_ref-temples_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temples-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Restoration_of_Ramappa_temple">Restoration of Ramappa temple</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Restoration of Ramappa temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 7th Nizam also donated towards restoration of <a href="/wiki/Ramappa_Temple" title="Ramappa Temple">Ramappa Temple</a> which is now declared a heritage site by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donation_towards_golden_temple">Donation towards golden temple</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Donation towards golden temple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After hearing about the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Temple" title="Golden Temple">Golden Temple</a> of Amritsar through Maharaja Ranjit Singh,<sup id="cite_ref-nizam_&_maharaja_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nizam_&_maharaja-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-outlook_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outlook-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he started providing it with yearly grants.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donation_towards_the_compilation_of_Holy_Mahabharata">Donation towards the compilation of Holy Mahabharata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Donation towards the compilation of Holy Mahabharata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1932, there was a need for money for the publication of the Holy <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> by the <a href="/wiki/Bhandarkar_Oriental_Research_Institute" title="Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute">Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</a> located in Pune. A formal request was made to Mir Osman Ali Khan who granted Rs. 1000 per year for 11 years.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also gave Rs 50,000 for the construction of the institute's guest house<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which stands today as the Nizam Guest House.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donation_in_Gold_to_the_National_Defence_Fund">Donation in Gold to the National Defence Fund</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Donation in Gold to the National Defence Fund"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg/300px-NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg/450px-NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/NIZAM_with_SHASTRI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam with the then Prime Minister of India <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In October 1962, during the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a>, the PM <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> visited Hyderabad and requested the Nizam to contribute to the National Defence Fund, set up in the wake of the Indo-Chinese skirmishes.<sup id="cite_ref-gold_donation_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gold_donation-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the Nizam donated 5,000 Kilos of gold to the Indian army. In terms of today's gold price in the international market, this donation translates to Rs 2,500 Crore.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donations_to_educational_institutions">Donations to educational institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Donations to educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nizam donated Rs 1 million for the <a href="/wiki/Banaras_Hindu_University" title="Banaras Hindu University">Banaras Hindu University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-d_edu_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d_edu-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rs. 500,000 for the <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 300,000 for the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science" title="Indian Institute of Science">Indian Institute of Science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-d_edu_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d_edu-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also made large donations to many institutions in India and abroad with special emphasis given to educational institutions such as the <a href="/wiki/Jamia_Nizamia" title="Jamia Nizamia">Jamia Nizamia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Deoband" title="Darul Uloom Deoband">Darul Uloom Deoband</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shivaji_Education_Society" title="Shivaji Education Society">Shri Shivaji Educational Society</a> Amravati also received a total grant of 50,000 from the Nizam in the 1940's.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restoration_of_Ajanta_Ellora_caves">Restoration of Ajanta Ellora caves</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Restoration of Ajanta Ellora caves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the early 1920s, the site of <a href="/wiki/Ajanta_Caves" title="Ajanta Caves">Ajanta Caves</a> was under the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cohen_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cohen-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Osman Ali Khan (the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>) appointed experts to restore the artwork, converted the site into a museum and built a road to enable tourists to come to the site.<sup id="cite_ref-Cohen_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cohen-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ajanta_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ajanta-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nizam's Director of Archaeology obtained the services of two experts from Italy, Professor <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cecconi" title="Lorenzo Cecconi">Lorenzo Cecconi</a>, assisted by Count Orsini, to restore the paintings in the caves. The Director of Archaeology for the last Nizam of Hyderabad said of the work of Cecconi and Orsini: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The repairs to the caves and the cleaning and conservation of the frescoes have been carried out on such sound principles and in such a scientific manner that these matchless monuments have found a fresh lease of life for at least a couple of centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Nizam_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nizam-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donations_to_Palestine">Donations to Palestine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Donations to Palestine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nizam provided substantial funding for the restoration of Masjid <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa" title="Al-Aqsa">Al-Aqsa</a> (one of the three holiest sites in the Islamic world). Additionally, he contributed greatly to the creation of waqfs (Muslim endowments) in <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestine</a> and supported the renovation and restoration of a hospice named Zawiyah Hindiyya.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Firman_to_ban_public_cow_slaughter">Firman to ban public cow slaughter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Firman to ban public cow slaughter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1922, Nizam VII issued a <a href="/wiki/Firman" title="Firman">firman</a> banning the public slaughter of cows in his kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation_Polo_and_abdication">Operation Polo and abdication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Operation Polo and abdication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OsmanNehruJN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/OsmanNehruJN.jpg/200px-OsmanNehruJN.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/OsmanNehruJN.jpg/300px-OsmanNehruJN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/OsmanNehruJN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>From left to right: Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, the Nizam and Major General <a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a> after Hyderabad's accession to India</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Polo">Operation Polo</a></div> <p>After Indian independence in 1947, the country was partitioned into India and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. The princely states were left free to make whatever arrangement they wished with either India or Pakistan. The Nizam ruled over more than 16 million people and 82,698 square miles (214,190 km<sup>2</sup>) of territory when the British withdrew from the sub-continent in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-Times20_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times20-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But unlike the other princely states, the Nizam refused to sign the instrument of accession. Instead he opted to sign a 1-year standstill agreement agreed upon by the British, and signed by then viceroy Lord Mountbatten.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nizam refused to join either India or Pakistan, preferring to form a separate independent kingdom within the British <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times20_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times20-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This proposal for independence was rejected by the British government, but the Nizam continued to explore it. Towards this end, he kept up open negotiations with the Government of India regarding the modalities of a future relationship while opening covert negotiations with Pakistan in a similar vein. The Nizam cited the <a href="/wiki/Razakars_(Hyderabad)" title="Razakars (Hyderabad)">Razakars</a> as evidence that the people of the state were opposed to any agreement with India.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The one-year standstill agreement turned out to be a severe blow to Nizam as it gave all foreign affairs, communication and defence power to the Indian government. The new Indian government wasn't happy that a sovereign state would exist right at the centre of India.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In accordance to this, they ultimately decided to invade Hyderabad in 1948, in operation code-named <a href="/wiki/Operation_Polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Polo">Operation Polo</a>. Under the supervision of Major General <a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a>, one division of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> and a tank brigade invaded and captured Hyderabad.<sup id="cite_ref-Sunderlal_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sunderlal-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annexation was over in just 109 hours or roughly 4 days. Due to no foreign connections and no real defence, the war was a losing cause for Hyderabad from the start. After the annexation the territory came under Indian rule and the Nizam was removed from his position but allowed to keep all personal wealth and title.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wealth">Wealth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Wealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Jewels_of_the_Nizams_of_Hyderabad" title="Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad">Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad</a></div> <p>The Nizam was so wealthy that he was portrayed on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine on 22 February 1937, being described as the world's richest man.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak, the wealth of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII was worth <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>660 crore</span> (US$79 million) (all his conceivable assets combined) in the early 1940s, while Nizam's entire treasure of jewels, would be worth between US$150 million and US$500 million variously in today's terms.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He used the <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Diamond" title="Jacob Diamond">Jacob Diamond</a>, a 185-carat diamond that is part of the <a href="/wiki/Jewels_of_the_Nizams" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewels of the Nizams">Nizam's jewellery</a>, as a paperweight.<sup id="cite_ref-not_miser_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not_miser-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his days as Nizam, he was reputed to be the richest man in the world, having a fortune estimated at US$2 billion in the early 1940s<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (US$37.3 billion in 2023 dollars)<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or two percent of the US economy then.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nizam's personal fortune was estimated to be roughly £110 million, including £40 million in gold and jewels (equivalent to £2,690,199,336 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Indian government still exhibits the jewellery as the Jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad (now in Delhi). There are 173 jewels, which include <a href="/wiki/Emerald" title="Emerald">emeralds</a> weighing nearly 2,000 carats (0.40 kg), and <a href="/wiki/Pearls" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearls">pearls</a> exceeding 40 thousand <a href="/wiki/Buddam_(unit)" title="Buddam (unit)">chows</a>. The collection includes <a href="/wiki/Gemstone" title="Gemstone">gemstones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turban" title="Turban">turban</a> ornaments, necklaces and <a href="/wiki/Pendant" title="Pendant">pendants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belt_(clothing)" title="Belt (clothing)">belts</a> and buckles, <a href="/wiki/Earrings" class="mw-redirect" title="Earrings">earrings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armbands" class="mw-redirect" title="Armbands">armbands</a>, bangles and <a href="/wiki/Bracelets" class="mw-redirect" title="Bracelets">bracelets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anklet" title="Anklet">anklets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cufflinks" class="mw-redirect" title="Cufflinks">cufflinks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Button" title="Button">buttons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watch_chain" class="mw-redirect" title="Watch chain">watch chains</a>, and rings, <a href="/wiki/Toe_ring" title="Toe ring">toe rings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nose_piercing" title="Nose piercing">nose rings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with the Nizam's jewels, two Bari gold coins worth hundreds of crores were considered the rarest in the world. Himayat Ali Mirza has requested the central government to bring these coins, which were made in the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_script" title="Arabic script">Arabic script</a>, back to <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gift_to_Queen_Elizabeth_II">Gift to Queen Elizabeth II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Gift to Queen Elizabeth II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1947, Nizam made a gift of diamond jewels, including a tiara and necklace, to the future <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth  II</a> on the occasion of her marriage. The brooches and necklace were still worn by the Queen until her death and the necklace is known as the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II%27s_jewels#Nizam_of_Hyderabad_Necklace" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth II's jewels">Nizam of Hyderabad necklace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NizamViiMukarram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NizamViiMukarram.jpg/220px-NizamViiMukarram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NizamViiMukarram.jpg/330px-NizamViiMukarram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/NizamViiMukarram.jpg/440px-NizamViiMukarram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>The Nizam with his heir apparent and grandson <a href="/wiki/Mukarram_Jah" title="Mukarram Jah">Mukarram Jah</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Nizam lived at <a href="/wiki/King_Kothi_Palace" title="King Kothi Palace">King Kothi Palace</a>—bought from a nobleman (Kamal Khan an architect of those times)—from age 13 until his death. He never moved to <a href="/wiki/Chowmahalla_Palace" title="Chowmahalla Palace">Chowmahalla Palace</a>, even after his <a href="/wiki/Enthronement" title="Enthronement">accession</a> to the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-kingkothi_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingkothi-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike his father, he was not interested in fine clothing or hunting. His hobbies rather included poetry and writing <i><a href="/wiki/Ghazals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghazals">ghazals</a></i> in Urdu.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He revered his mother and visited her every day she was alive; he used to visit her grave almost every day after she died.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He had seven wives.<sup id="cite_ref-f682_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f682-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first wife was Sahibzadi Azam-un-Nisa Begum Sahiba also known as Dulhan Pasha Begum. She was the elder daughter of Nawab Jahangir Jung. They married on 14 April 1906 at Eden Bagh, Hyderabad. Nawab Khudrath Nawaz Jung was his first brother-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-Jagannath_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jagannath-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-g965_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g965-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the mother of his sons <a href="/wiki/Azam_Jah" title="Azam Jah">Azam Jah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moazzam_Jah" title="Moazzam Jah">Moazzam Jah</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-j952_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j952-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a daughter Ahmed-un-Nisa Begum also known as Shahzada Pasha.<sup id="cite_ref-w444_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w444-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-b606_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b606-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died in 1955, and was buried beside her husband in Masjid-e Judi.<sup id="cite_ref-i593_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i593-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another wife was Shahzada Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-m323_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m323-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the mother of Hasham Jah. Her two children had died at birth, and Hasham Jah was her third child.<sup id="cite_ref-g178_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g178-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another wife was Ikbal Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-j459_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j459-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the daughter of his Army Secretary, Nawab Nazir Jung.<sup id="cite_ref-w321_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w321-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-m904_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m904-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another wife was Gowhar Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-j459_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j459-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a niece of the Aga Khan.<sup id="cite_ref-m904_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m904-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another wife was Mazhar-un-Nisa Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-n850_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n850-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the youngest daughter of Khurshid-ul-Mulk, the grand-daughter in the line of the fifth Nizam, <a href="/wiki/Afzal-ud-Daulah" title="Afzal-ud-Daulah">Afzal-ud-Daulah</a>, and a niece of the sixth Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan. They married in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-m903_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m903-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died on 18 June 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-z318_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-z318-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another wife was Leila Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-n850_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n850-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a Hindu woman whose family willingly sent her to his harem as a gesture of gratitude. She possessed exceptional beauty, and was his favourite wife.<sup id="cite_ref-m060_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m060-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had five sons Zulfiqar Jah, Bhojat Jah, Shabbir Jah, Nawazish Jah and Fazal Jah; and two daughters Mashhadi Begum and Sayeeda Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-i185_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i185-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His last wife was Jani Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-n850_130-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n850-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the daughter of Sahibzada Yavar Jung, and was the mother of Imdad Jah. She died on 7 June 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-m074_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m074-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, he had 34 children: 18 sons and 16 daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-Nanisetti_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nanisetti-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wives_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wives-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first son <a href="/wiki/Azam_Jah" title="Azam Jah">Azam Jah</a> married <a href="/wiki/Durru_Shehvar" class="mw-redirect" title="Durru Shehvar">Durru Shehvar</a>, (daughter of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> caliph <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Mejid_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Mejid II">Abdul Mejid  II</a>), while his second son <a href="/wiki/Moazzam_Jah" title="Moazzam Jah">Moazzam Jah</a> married <a href="/wiki/Princess_Niloufer" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Niloufer">Niloufer</a>, (a niece of the Ottoman sultan).<sup id="cite_ref-Tele06_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tele06-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Leonard2007_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard2007-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azam Jah and Durru Shehvar had two sons, <a href="/wiki/Mukarram_Jah" title="Mukarram Jah">Mukarram Jah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muffakham_Jah" title="Muffakham Jah">Muffakham Jah</a>, with the former succeeding his grandfather as the de jure Nizam.<sup id="cite_ref-Tele06_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tele06-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His second son Moazzam Jah, after his divorce from Princess Nilofer, since she couldn't bear a child, married Razia Begum and had three daughters - Princess Fatima Fouzia, Princess Amina Merzia and Princess Oolia Kulsum. He also married Anwari Begum and had a son, Prince Shahmat Jah.<sup id="cite_ref-family_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another socially prominent grandson is <a href="/wiki/Mir_Najaf_Ali_Khan" title="Mir Najaf Ali Khan">Mir Najaf Ali Khan</a>, son of Hasham Jah,<sup id="cite_ref-NDTV.com_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDTV.com-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-India_Times_2017-07-05_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India_Times_2017-07-05-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who represents several trusts of the last Nizam, including the <a href="/wiki/H.E.H._the_Nizam%27s_Charitable_Trust" title="H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust">H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust</a> and the Nizam Family Welfare Association.<sup id="cite_ref-India_Times_2017-07-05_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India_Times_2017-07-05-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Nizams' daughters had been married traditionally to young men of the <a href="/wiki/Paigah_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Paigah family">House of Paigah</a>. This family belonged to the Sunni sect.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his daughters Ahmed-un-Nisa Begum,<sup id="cite_ref-family_148-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by his first wife Azam-un-Nisa Begum, was once engaged to a nawab, but the Nizam suddenly called off the wedding after a traveling holy man warned him that he would not live long after her marriage. She remained unmarried,<sup id="cite_ref-u775_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-u775-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and died on 24 March 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-family_148-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another of his daughters was Basheer-un-Nisa Begum. She was born in September 1927. She married Nawab Kazim Jung, popularly known as Ali Pasha, and had one daughter. She died at her residence, Osman Cottage, in Purani Haveli, of natural causes on 28 July 2020, aged ninety-three. She was the last surviving child of the Nizam.<sup id="cite_ref-a196_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a196-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-q906_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-q906-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another daughter Mashhadi Begum, by his wife Leila Begum, was born in September 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-e414_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e414-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1959, she married Paigah noble Mahmood Jah,<sup id="cite_ref-u775_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-u775-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had four sons and two daughters. She died on 16 November 2015 due to chronic illness. Her funeral was performed at Masjid-e Judi, and she was buried at the Paigah Tombs, besides to her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-e414_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e414-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His youngest daughter by Leila Begum, Sayeeda Begum also known as Lily Pasha, was born on 30 December 1949. She died of a brief illness on 17 July 2017, and was buried in Masjid-e Judi. She was survived by a son and a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-d512_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d512-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some other daughters were Asmat-un-Nisa Begum, Hurmat-un-Nisa Begum,<sup id="cite_ref-k146_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-k146-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mehr-un-Nisa Begum<sup id="cite_ref-j459_127-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-j459-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Masood-un-Nisa Begum.<sup id="cite_ref-h124_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h124-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various parties have used Nizam's name for political gains. Another great-grandson, Himayat Ali Mirza wrote to the prime minister in this regard along with the Election Commission of India, requesting political parties not to use Nizam's name in today's politics as it is disrespectful to such a great personality.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_years_and_death">Final years and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Final years and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nizam continued to stay at the King Kothi Palace until his death. He used to issue <i><a href="/wiki/Firman" title="Firman">firmans</a></i> on inconsequential matters in his newspaper, the Nizam Gazette.<sup id="cite_ref-kingkothi_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingkothi-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> He died on Friday, 24 February 1967. In his will, he asked to be buried in Masjid-e Judi, a mosque where his mother was buried, that faced <a href="/wiki/King_Kothi_Palace" title="King Kothi Palace">King Kothi Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-siasat_2018-04-22_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siasat_2018-04-22-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government declared state mourning on 25 February 1967, the day when he was buried. State government offices remained closed as a mark of respect while the <a href="/wiki/National_Flag_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="National Flag of India">National Flag of India</a> was flown at half-mast on all the government buildings throughout the state.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nizam Museum documents state: </p><blockquote><p>"The streets and pavements of the city were littered with the pieces of broken glass bangles as an incalculable number of women broke their bangles in mourning, which <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> women usually do as per Indian customs on the death of a close relative."<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>"The Nizam's funeral procession was the biggest non-religious, non-political meeting of people in the history of India till that date."</p></blockquote> <p>Millions of people of all religions from different parts of the state entered Hyderabad in trains, buses and on bullocks for a last glimpse of their king in a coffin in the <a href="/wiki/King_Kothi_Palace" title="King Kothi Palace">King Kothi Palace</a> Camp in Hyderabad.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crowd was so uncontrollable that barricades were installed alongside the road to enable people to move in a queue.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> D. Bhaskara Rao, chief curator, of the <a href="/wiki/Nizam%27s_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam's Museum">Nizam's Museum</a> stated that an estimated one million people were part of the procession.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title_and_salutation">Title and salutation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Title and salutation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salutation_style">Salutation style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Salutation style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Nizam was the honorary Colonel of the 20 Deccan Horse. In 1918, <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a> elevated Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur from "His Highness" to "<a href="/wiki/His_Exalted_Highness" class="mw-redirect" title="His Exalted Highness">His Exalted Highness</a>". In a letter dated 24 January 1918, the title "Faithful Ally of the British Government was conferred on him.<sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (June 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_Titular_Name">Full Titular Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Full Titular Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The titles during his life were: </p><p>1886–1911: Nawab Bahadur Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi.<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1911–1912: His Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad, GCSI<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1912–1917: Colonel His Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad, GCSI<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1917–1918: Colonel His Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad, GCSI, GBE<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1918–1936: Lieutenant-General His Exalted Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Faithful Ally of the British Government, Nizam of Hyderabad, GCSI, GBE<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1936–1941: Lieutenant-General His Exalted Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Faithful Ally of the British Government, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, GCSI, GBE<br /><sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1941–1967: General His Exalted Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VII, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Osman ‘Ali Khan Siddqi Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Faithful Ally of the British Government, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, GCSI, GBE.<sup id="cite_ref-HPS_168-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPS-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_eponyms">Honours and eponyms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Honours and eponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Durbar_Medal_(1911)" title="Delhi Durbar Medal (1911)">Delhi Durbar Gold Medal, 1911</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/1911_Delhi_Durbar_Honours" title="1911 Delhi Durbar Honours">1911 Delhi Durbar Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>GCSI: <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India">Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India</a>, 1911<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>GCStJ: Bailiff Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of Saint John">Order of St John</a>, 1911<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>GBE: <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire</a>, 1917<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal" title="King George V Silver Jubilee Medal">King George V Silver Jubilee Medal</a>, 1935<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/King_George_VI_Coronation_Medal" title="King George VI Coronation Medal">King George VI Coronation Medal</a>, 1937<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Chain" title="Royal Victorian Chain">Royal Victorian Chain</a>, 1946<sup id="cite_ref-honours_172-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-honours-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Eponyms">List of Eponyms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: List of Eponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osmania_General_Hospital" title="Osmania General Hospital">Osmania General Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmania_Biscuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Osmania Biscuit">Osmania Biscuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osman_Sagar" title="Osman Sagar">Osman Sagar</a>, a reservoir in Hyderabad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmanabad" title="Osmanabad">Osmanabad</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad_necklace" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam of Hyderabad necklace">Nizam of Hyderabad necklace</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nizam_Gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam Gate">Nizam Gate</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Sharif_Dargah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajmer Sharif Dargah">Ajmer Sharif Dargah</a><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Establishments_in_Hyderabad_State" title="Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State">Establishments of the Nizams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitals_established_in_Hyderabad_State" title="Category:Hospitals established in Hyderabad State">Hospitals established by the Nizams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizam%27s_Guaranteed_State_Railway" title="Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway">Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizams of Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaf_Jahi_dynasty" title="Asaf Jahi dynasty">Asaf Jahi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAli2019" class="citation news cs1">Ali, Mir Quadir (17 September 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/170919/hyderabads-tryst-with-history.html">"Hyderabad's tryst with history"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Chronicle" title="Deccan Chronicle">Deccan Chronicle</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 November</span> 2020</span>. <q>The question now is: What exactly happened on September 17, 1948? [...] The Nizam's radio broadcast meant the lifting of the house arrest of Government of India's Agent General K.M. Munshi, allowing him to work on a new government, with the Nizam as Head of State.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deccan+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Hyderabad%27s+tryst+with+history&rft.date=2019-09-17&rft.aulast=Ali&rft.aufirst=Mir+Quadir&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanchronicle.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2F170919%2Fhyderabads-tryst-with-history.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMir+Osman+Ali+Khan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Benjamin B. Cohen, <i>Kingship and Colonialism in India's Deccan, 1850–1948</i> (Macmillan, 2007) p81<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. (September 2020)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jagannath-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jagannath_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jagannath_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jagannath_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jagannath_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaganath2013" class="citation book cs1">Jaganath, Santosh (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lH0ACAAAQBAJ"><i>The History of Nizam's Railways System</i></a>. 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A. Aleem <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nWYeAAAAMAAJ&q=jubilee+hall+hyderabad">Developments in Administration Under H.E.H. the Nizam VII</a></li> <li><i>Jewels of the Nizams (Hardcover)</i> by Usha R. Krishnan (Author) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-85832-15-3" title="Special:BookSources/81-85832-15-3">81-85832-15-3</a></li> <li><i>Fabulous Mogul: Nizam VII of Hyderabad</i> By Dosoo Framjee Karaka Published 1955 D. Verschoyle, Original from the University of Michigan <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oSg-AAAAMAAJ&q=king+kothi+palace">Fabulous Mogul: Nizam VII of Hyderabad</a></li> <li><i>The Seventh Nizam: The Fallen Empire</i> By Zubaida Yazdani, Mary Chrystal <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9510819-0-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9510819-0-X">0-9510819-0-X</a></li> <li><i>The Last Nizam: The Life and Times of Mir Osman Ali Khan</i> By V.K. Bawa, Basant K. Bawa <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-83997-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-83997-3">0-670-83997-3</a></li> <li><i>The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad: An Archival Appraisal</i> By Sayyid Dā'ūd Ashraf <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nYhMGQAACAAJ&q=The+seventh+Nizam+of+Hyderabad+:+an+archival+appraisal">The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad: An Archival Appraisal</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaghavendra_Rao1926" class="citation book cs1">Raghavendra Rao, D (27 July 1926). <i>Misrule of the Nizam: being extracts from and translations of articles regarding the administration of Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, the Nizam of Hyderabad, Deccan</i>. "Swarajya" Press. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/5067242">5067242</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Misrule+of+the+Nizam%3A+being+extracts+from+and+translations+of+articles+regarding+the+administration+of+Mir+Osman+Ali+Khan+Bahadur%2C+the+Nizam+of+Hyderabad%2C+Deccan&rft.pub=%22Swarajya%22+Press&rft.date=1926-07-27&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F5067242&rft.aulast=Raghavendra+Rao&rft.aufirst=D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMir+Osman+Ali+Khan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Photographs of Lord Willingdon's visit to Hyderabad in the early 1930s</i>. 27 July 1931. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/33453066">33453066</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Photographs+of+Lord+Willingdon%27s+visit+to+Hyderabad+in+the+early+1930s&rft.date=1931-07-27&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F33453066&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMir+Osman+Ali+Khan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLaw1914" class="citation book cs1">Law, John (1914). <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Hyderabad_(Deccan)"><i>Modern Hyderabad (Deccan)</i></a>. Thacker, Spink and Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+Hyderabad+%28Deccan%29&rft.pub=Thacker%2C+Spink+and+Co.&rft.date=1914&rft.aulast=Law&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2FModern_Hyderabad_%28Deccan%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMir+Osman+Ali+Khan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFaruqui,_At_Empire's_End2013" class="citation book cs1">Faruqui, Munis D. (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=h0_xhdCScQkC&pg=PA1">"At Empire's End: The Nizam, Hyderabad and Eighteenth-century India"</a>. In Richard M. Eaton; Munis D. Faruqui; David Gilmartin; Sunil Kumar (eds.). <i>Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards</i>. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–38. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-03428-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-03428-0"><bdi>978-1-107-03428-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=At+Empire%27s+End%3A+The+Nizam%2C+Hyderabad+and+Eighteenth-century+India&rft.btitle=Expanding+Frontiers+in+South+Asian+and+World+History%3A+Essays+in+Honour+of+John+F.+Richards&rft.pages=1-38&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-107-03428-0&rft.aulast=Faruqui&rft.aufirst=Munis+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dh0_xhdCScQkC%26pg%3DPA1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMir+Osman+Ali+Khan" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Mahbub_Ali_Khan,_Asaf_Jah_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI">Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> </b><br />1911–1948 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Annexed by <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #79DBFF;"><a href="/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Titles in pretence</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><small><b>— TITULAR —</b></small><br /><i><b> <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> </b></i><br />1948–1967 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div 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