WHO BETRYED HINDUS IN FORMER PRINCELY HYDERABAD STATE?

WHO BETRYED HINDUS IN FORMER PRINCELY HYDERABAD STATE?
Dr K Prabhakar Rao


Sept 13, 1948 goes down the history of India in golden letters as on this date the armed forces of India commenced their invasion of Hyderabad state in Deccan reeling under the ill rule of Nizam 7 who was defying to merge with Indian union after partition of the subcontinent. To remain in the heart of India as an independent nation was a ridiculous proposition and the ruler Mir Osman Ali Khan was hell bent on it. He played all tricks, bought time, armed his forces, filled his state with Pathans, Punjabi Mussalman, Rohillas and Muslims who were displaced during partition of India. Aim was to increase the strength of Muslims and strengthen Razakars militia. He tried to procure tanks, small arms and aircraft to face military intervention. The Military action named as Police action ended on 18 Sept 1948 when Hyderabad army commanded by Major General El edrus surrendered at Secunderabad after a shameful show to Major General J N Chaudhry of Indian armed forces commanding the invading army. With this, the tyrannical rule of Asifjahis under Osman Ali Khan ended that caused great suffering to millions of people in the state. Probably some Muslims too suffered. The main culprit Kasim Razvi the self styled Field Marshal along with his coterie was arrested and put on trial.. It is widely believed that Razvi was the main culprit behind the scene who misguided Nizam7 and for let loosing the atrocities on Hindu population of the state. Most of the historians absolve the Nizam from these atrocities and complicity and have sympathy for him. . Many believe that the Nizam was benevolent and did not differentiate Hindus and Muslims under his rule.. Although majority population was Hindu, Nizam claimed it as Islamic state.

Osman Ali khan is also claimed to be a poet and he has some anthology of poems to his credit. He was fond of penning verses in Urdu and Persian. Under Royal Farman they were sent for publication in Rahbar e Deccan a magazine of those times. The poems if required were suitably corrected by a scholar and were published on first page. All was not well with these poems. In one of the poems he wrote,

Bande nakhoos hua Sunke Nidaye Takbir

Jallala Ahigaya rishtyejunnarsebhi

The verse has meaning…The sound of conch shell has stopped at the sound of Kalma. The sacred thread of Hindus which is the symbol of Hindu religion has been engulfed by the earthquake

The poem clearly indicates his dislike to Hinduism and is not befitting a progressive king of a cosmolitan state as mostly claimed by his worshippers.

Nizam from to time in press declared that Hyderabad would remain as independent state as declared in Subedeccan 26-7-1944. He declared himself as independent through a Farman on 26-7-1947, once the Indian independence was imminent. It is an open fact that Hyderabad state was never independent.. They were rulers on behalf of Mughal emperors and subsequently were protectorates of the English Governor Generals of East India Company and then of British Crown. While Most of the Indian states fought against the East India company in the 1857 war of independence, Afzaluddaula the Nizam V remained loyal to the East India Company and was greatly rewarded. Earlier Nizams were also suppressed by local Hindu rulers of smaller kingdoms such as Sri Raja Somanadri Bhupal of Gadwal, Sri Raja Someswar Rao of Vanaparthi, Raja Sadasiva Reddy of Papannapet near Medak and also by Marathas at Kurdha in 1795. Marathas also collected Chauth from Nizam. All these actions show that Nizams never enjoyed paramount power in Deccan as claimed by the last Nizam 7 that for 700 years Nizams of Hyderabad were sovereigns.. Deccan was conquered by Muslim sultans of Delhi in 13 and 14 centuries. But great warriors such as Kapayya Naika of Warangal, Veera Ballala of Dwara Samudram, Reddy kings of Addanki/Kondaveedu and velama kings of Rachakonda a and Deverakonda constantly fought against Muslims for control of the region and greatly succeeded. The region came under the control of Bahmani sultans after the defeat of Velama rulers of Rachakonda that was again contested by Krishna deva Raya in 16 century who convincingly defeated Bahmani kingdom.

Nizam took up an attitude of confrontation ignoring the sane advice of stalwarts such as Nawab of Rampur, Sir Mirza Ismail, , Raja sir Sultan ahmed, Sheikh Abdullah, Manzoor jung, Shoibulla khan of Imroz, Rise of Razakars is the darkest spot in history of Hyderabad under Kasim Razvi, a staunch fundamentalist, self styled Field Marshal, bigot of highest order . It was run by NawabDeen yar Jung the police chief from behind. The Razakar forces soon multiplied and infamous battalions Yousufia, and Julleh Jalal were formed and these were trained by Army officers such as Major Amiroddin. A death defiance squad was formed under the training of colonel Gulam moinuddin while it was commanded by Ghasi sirajuddin munid. Nearly 8 Lakhs Muslims from union provinces were brought into Hyderabad including pathans, Arabs and Rohillas. These men joined Razakars as irregulars to commit atrocities. Atrocities committed by them will make tyrants such as Nadir shah, Timor lung and even Aurangzeb to hang their heads in shame. Thousands of women were undone, scores of men and children were killed. Villages were burnt and all these took place right under the nose and governance of Nizam 7 duly abetted by police and Hyderabad army.

Can Nizam be absolved of these failures being the ruler? How he can abdicate his responsibilities being the ruler of his state? Can any one believe that he was misguided by his cabinet, Prime Minister and the Razkar chief Kasim Razvi? Nizam was an intellectual, educated, well brought up and man of great eminence and commanded great respect at international levels. The aspect of getting misguided can not be accepted. Why he allowed raising of the Razkar force? Why he allowed such fundamentalist indoctrination of the militia? All these arguments do not stand ground.
Jawaharlal Nehru was against any action to be taken on Hyderabad inspite of these atrocities and atlast Sardar Patel acted on his own in the absence of Nehru and ordered military invasion dubbed as police action. MK Gandhi already was assassinated on 30 Jan 1948 and had Gandhi lived probably Hyderabad would have been allowed to remain as an independent state in the heart of Hyderabad and it would have become a Darul Islam as dreamt by Aurangzeb. Destiny however thought otherwise. No one can change destiny. Now we should be happy that we have only one Kashmir problem created by Nehru.
The Nizam 7 no doubt needs appreciation as a great builder, as a man of vision for building Osmania University at Hyderabad where even professional courses were taught in Urdu. All these good activities were erased by his policy against the Indian union and for abetting the Razkar actions. He also stands as accused along with Razvi, Deen yar jung, Laik Ali the PM and many more. Razvi was sentenced to 10 years RI for Bibinagar dacoity case. Others were released with lesser punishments.Lakik Ali the PM escaped to Pakistan. Indian government with week knees pardoned Nizam 7 owing to the fear of antagonizing the minorities in the state and country. More over Nizam commanded respect in England too. Thus Nizam escaped punishment under law and also became Rajpramukh ( Governor). He resigned after Hyderabad was converted into AP state after merging some areas in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Thus great injustice no doubt has been done to scores of Hindus killed in Razkar violence. Their souls would never rest in peace. They will be hovering over Dar us salam which was their Head quarters once. Many Razakars were killed in the Police action and all the outside elements were deported out of state. Many however mingled with population and merged in society. Foul smell has not disappeared yet and outfits such as Dargah e Shahdat, SIMI and few more are active in Hyderabad. All Pak and Bangladesh based Jihadi outfits maintain cells in Hyderabad and thus Hyderabad is believed to be the nerve center for such anti national activities. It is said that Hyderabad nerve center for the Jihad being conducted in India by own and foreign elements. Along with IT activities Hyderabad is also synonymous for communal troubles that can easily start. Nizam’s palaces( some dilapidated) many restored and some haunted still remind the people of Hyderabad of past happenings and wounds are not healed and probably will never be healed as these wounds are infect ridden eternally.