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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Crest of Hyderabad State Forces</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/220px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/330px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg/440px-Asafia_flag_of_Hyderabad_State.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="328" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag of Hyderabad State</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1724</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barkas,_Hyderabad" title="Barkas, Hyderabad">Barkas, Hyderabad</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Syed_Ahmed_El_Edroos" title="Syed Ahmed El Edroos">Syed Ahmed El Edroos</a> (1948)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Hyderabad State Forces</b> were the armed forces of the <a 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People from both India and abroad were recruited into the Forces. Among these groups were Arab nationals like <a href="/wiki/Chaush_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaush (India)">Chaush</a> and African nationals like <a href="/wiki/Siddi#Hyderabad" title="Siddi">Siddis</a> who now stay in <a href="/wiki/Barkas,_Hyderabad" title="Barkas, Hyderabad">Barkas</a> and <a href="/wiki/A._C._Guards" title="A. C. Guards">A. C. Guards</a> areas of Hyderabad respectively.<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> The Hyderabad cavalry was chiefly composed of Muslim castes such as Mughals, Pathans, Syeds, Sheikhs and Balochs. They were principally recruited from the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Deccan plateau">Deccan</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Old_Delhi" title="Old Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahjahanpur" title="Shahjahanpur">Shahjahanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balochistan" title="Balochistan">Balochistan</a> also supplied recruits to bolster ranks. These non-indigenous soldiers were known as the "Rohollas". The Hindus made a very small portion of the cavalry.<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> The <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> also had about 1200 <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> guards.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other battalions within the army were referred to with the suffix "-walas". Some troops were also supplied by the Europeans for the security of the Nizam.<sup id="cite_ref-telugu_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telugu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_Divisions">Commanding Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commanding Divisions"><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:Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg/220px-Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg/330px-Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg/440px-Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan_Asaf_Jah_VII_leading_a_military_parade_at_the_Golconda_Garrison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1385" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII leading a military parade at the Golconda Garrison, 1909</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg/300px-African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg/450px-African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg/600px-African_Cavalry_Guards_of_Hyderabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>Procession of African Cavalry Guards of Hyderabad</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg/250px-FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg/375px-FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg/500px-FirstWorldWarMonument_at_Victory_playground_Hyderabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Monument to soldiers from Hyderabad who fought in World War 1 at <a href="/wiki/Chaderghat" title="Chaderghat">Chaderghat</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Three different corps were commanded by three different independent commanders. The <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam</a>, the Diwan, and an important officer in the Nizam's government, Shangal Umara or "Amin Kabir", each maintained their own separate divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-telugu_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telugu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the time of Operation Polo, the Hyderabad State Forces consisted of six infantry battalions, two Cavalry regiments, and 1,500 armed irregulars. The army had two light armored regiments and one field battery.<sup id="cite_ref-khanna_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-khanna-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, the Nizam's army numbered 24,000 men, of whom some 6,000 were fully trained and equipped. Some of the units surrendered on the first two days of the Operation. Four Hyderabadi infantry companies and three cavalry squadrons were later absorbed into the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Light_Infantry" title="Maratha Light Infantry">Maratha Light Infantry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_Regiment" title="Madras Regiment">Madras Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poona_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Poona Horse">Poona Horse</a> and <a href="/wiki/9th_Deccan_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Deccan Horse">Deccan Horse</a> of the Indian Army, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Benichou2000_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benichou2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Rule">British Rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British Rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1767-1768, <a href="/wiki/Nizam_Ali_Khan,_Asaf_Jah_II" title="Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II">Nizam ʿĀlī</a> accepted British Suzerainty over Hyderabad State by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Masulipatam" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Masulipatam">Treaty of Masulipatam</a>. From 1778 onwards, a British <a href="/wiki/Resident_(title)#Residents_in_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident (title)">resident</a> and subsidiary force were installed in his dominions.<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> <a href="/wiki/Nizam_Ali_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam Ali Khan">Nizam ʿĀlī Khan, Asaf Jah 2</a> was forced to enter into an agreement that placed his country under British protection in 1798. </p><p>Nizam ʿĀlī Khan and his soldiers fought for the British in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Maratha_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Maratha War">Second</a> (1803–05) and <a href="/wiki/Second_Maratha_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Maratha War">Third</a> (1817–19) Maratha Wars, and Nizam <a href="/wiki/Nasir-ud-Daulah" title="Nasir-ud-Daulah">Nāṣir al-Dawlah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_Contingent" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad Contingent">Hyderabad's military contingent</a> remained loyal to the British during the <a href="/wiki/Sepoy_Mutiny" class="mw-redirect" title="Sepoy Mutiny">Sepoy Mutiny</a> (1857–58).<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. (November 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_in_World_War_1">Role in World War 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Role in World War 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During world War 1, Nizam’s Hyderabad Cavalry was a part of the <a href="/wiki/15th_(Imperial_Service)_Cavalry_Brigade" title="15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade">15th Cavalry Brigade</a>, which was drawn from various princely states of British India. The Hyderabad Lancers along with those from armies from other princely states were deployed in battles at Haifa against German-Ottoman troops. Soldiers from Hyderabad were also posted in Jordan, Jerusalem, Gaza, Suez Canal and Aleppo as part of Sinai and <a href="/wiki/Sinai_and_Palestine_campaign" title="Sinai and Palestine campaign">Palestine campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A memorial to these soldiers was built at <a href="/wiki/Chaderghat" title="Chaderghat">Chaderghat</a> in 1920. Representatives of belligerent and allied nations visit this memorial on <a href="/wiki/Remembrance_Day" title="Remembrance Day">Remembrance Day</a> to pay their respects to the soldiers who had participated in World War 1 <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><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Polo">Operation Polo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operation Polo"><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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Hyderabad" title="Annexation of Hyderabad">Annexation of Hyderabad</a></div> <p>In September 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad State</a>. The battle between the Nizam's army and the Indian Army lasted for five days; it ultimately ended with a decisive Indian victory. On Day 5 of this operation - 17 September 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan" title="Mir Osman Ali Khan">7th Nizam</a> announced a ceasefire, ending armed action. As a result, Hyderabad was integrated into the Indian Union<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><sup id="cite_ref-Ramachandran_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramachandran-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nizam%27s_Contingent" title="Nizam's Contingent">Nizam's Contingent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Service_Troops" title="Imperial Service Troops">Imperial Service Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Imperial_Service)_Cavalry_Brigade" title="15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade">15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sw2F-UhSM&ab_channel=Abby">Soldiers of NIZAMS of 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 href="/w/index.php?title=Hyderabad_State_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 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