Taking a look at the astonishing history of the Nizams

In this article you’d learn a lot about the Nizams of Hyderabad. Besides their awesome palaces inspired by Mughal architecture emblematic of Hyderabad tourism and the dum biryani. If you’re interesting in knowing about them briefly then taking cheap flights from Bangalore to Hyderabad, seems like a great idea. Explore more about the world of Nizams here.

Do you know that the Nizams of Hyderabad were featured in a cover story of TIME Magazine in its Feb, 1937 issue? Or that, the last Nizam of the region was the once richest guy on the planet? If you don’t then knowing more about them, will surely be intriguing. If you’re interesting in knowing about them briefly then taking cheap flights from Bangalore to Hyderabad, seems like a great idea. There are few historians who are still amused by the fact how the Nizams came to the power, since the area was once under the control of the Pallavas and Chola Empire.

Nizam is really the brief form for Nizam ul Mulk, Urdu for 'Administrator of the Realm'. Seven Nizams ruled Hyderabad between 1948 and 1707. The accession to power began with the departure of the last of the great Mughal emperors. As the Mughal empire crumbled, the chance was assumed by the Nizams and got independent charge of the state of Hyderabad. During the period of partition, Hyderabad was the biggest and most successful of the princely states with radio broadcasting service, airline, telecommunication system, railway network, postal system, money and its own military. The Nizams were regarded as the originator of the some of the best culinary delights, architecture and art forms you could ever find in the sub continent.

The Nizams belonged to the Asaf Jah dynasty, whose origins may be traced back to Samarkand; they came from Baghdad in the 17th century to India. The dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, a viceroy of the Deccan under the Mughals. Legend has it that during one of his hunting excursions, the very first Nizam came across a holy man who offered him Kulchas (filled Indian flatbread) and requested him to eat as many as he could. The Nizam ate the holy man and seven prophesied seven generations of his family's rule. Another of their conventions that were well-known required that no Nizam left the state under any situation and not one of them did.

On being requested to pick between Pakistan and India, the Nizam selected to be an independent state. But the recently formed Indian government determined otherwise. Minister and the then Deputy Prime Minister for Home Affairs, Sardar Vallabhai Patel authorized Operation Polo in September 1948; the Indian Armed Forces invaded thus annexing the state into the Indian Union and overthrew the Nizam, Hyderabad. You'll find hints of the Nizam's heritage as the best places to visit in Hyderabad, as well as the buzzing bazaars supply a distinctive experience of shopping in Hyderabad.