Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.5 Revolts, armed struggle and the end of Nizam rule (1940–1956)

10.5.3 Majlis, Razakars, the Standstill Agreement and Operation Polo (September 1948)

When British rule ended the Nizam claimed independence; the Majlis and its Razakar militia under Kasim Razvi backed him, a one-year Standstill Agreement (29 November 1947) broke down, and India's "Police Action" (Operation Polo, 13–18 September 1948) ended the Nizam's rule with his surrender on 17–18 September 1948.

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Key terms

  • Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
  • MIM
  • Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan
  • Bahadur Yar Jung
  • Kasim Razvi
  • Razakars
  • Mir Osman Ali Khan
  • firman of 11 June 1947
  • Azad Hyderabad
  • Chhatari Nawab
  • Walter Monckton
  • Standstill Agreement
  • 29 November 1947
  • Mir Laik Ali
  • K.M. Munshi
  • Agent-General
  • Heads of Agreement 1948
  • Sydney Cotton
  • Shoebullah Khan
  • Imroz
  • UN Security Council
  • Operation Polo
  • Police Action
  • J.N. Chaudhuri
  • A.A. Rudra
  • Rajendrasinhji
  • E.N. Goddard
  • Sholapur
  • Vijayawada
  • El Edroos
  • 13–18 September 1948
  • Sardar Patel
  • V.P. Menon
  • Sundarlal Committee
  • Hyderabad Liberation Day
  • Praja Palana Dinotsavam
  • National Integration Day
  • Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din
  • Kalyana Karnataka Utsava

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