Government of India White Paper on Hyderabad

Policy of integration and democratisation.—The accession of the States to the Dominion of India was the first phase of the Government of India's policy to fit the States into the constitutional structure of India. [...] The most.alarming feature of recent developments in Hyderabad which is seriously straining the goodwill and the friendly intentions of the Government of India towards Hyderabad has hurt the rapid growth of the It ehauMuslimeen and its semi-militarised organisation of the Razakars with the active and sustained support of the Nizam and his Government. [...] reference may be made to the following specific instances in which the Government of India or the Resident interfered in the internal affairs of Hyderabad in the interests of the State and its people for the improvement of the administration or the restoration of law and order. [...] The late Nizam admitted to the Resident that it was a tradition in his family that the Minister should be appointed with the consett of the British Government and the present Nizam in his memorandum of 28th July 1918 Stated that as regards the appointment of a Minister he had to consult the Resident and obtain the consent of the Government of India. [...] By the Government of India Act 1935 the powers exercised by the Political Department of the Government of India under the At of 1919 were to be exercised by the Crown Representative ; the person holding this office also held the office of the Governor-General.