1 History & Culture · 1.2.11 Asaf Jahis of Hyderabad

1.2.11.2 Salar Jung reforms to Mir Osman Ali Khan: modern Hyderabad

After 1803 the Nizams ruled under British paramountcy; the Diwan Salar Jung I modernised the administration (Zillabandi, revenue and courts), and the last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, built modern Hyderabad (Osmania University, reservoirs) until the state was taken into India by Operation Polo in 1948.

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Key terms

  • Sikandar Jah
  • Secunderabad
  • Chandu Lal
  • Nasir-ud-Daulah
  • Berar 1853
  • Hyderabad Contingent
  • Afzal-ud-Daulah
  • 1857
  • Turrebaz Khan
  • Residency
  • Salar Jung I
  • Zillabandi
  • Mahboob Ali Khan
  • Musi flood 1908
  • Mir Osman Ali Khan
  • Osmania University 1918
  • Osman Sagar
  • Himayat Sagar
  • Visvesvaraya
  • Nizam Sagar
  • Mulki rules
  • Operation Polo 1948
  • Razakars

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