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Report on the Government of India’s Approach to the Problems of the State of Hyderabad

1948

Under this scheme the Crown—now by virtue of the Standstill Agreement the Government of India—has the power to regulate the strength and the classification of the units of the State forces. [...] The most alarming feature of recent developnitnts in Hyderabad which is seriously straining the goodwill and the friendly intentions of the Government of India towards Hyderabad has been the rapid growth of the Ittehad-uMuslimeen and its semi-militarised organisation of the Razakars with the active s.pstained support a. the Nizam and his Government. [...] The Goernment of India agreed for the time being not to press their demand for accession but to enter into an agreement on the basis of the application of the legislation of the Government of India to Hyderabad in respect of the three subjects of defence foreign affairs and communications. [...] 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 Sind order. [...] By the Government of India Act 1935 the powers exercised by the Political Department of the Government of India under the Act of 1919 were to bexercised by the Crown Representative; the person holding this office also held the office of the Governor-General.
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Introduction
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Chapter I. Historical Retrospect
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Chapter II. Paramountcy and the Political Status of the Nizam
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Chapter III. Hyderabad—a Part of India
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Chapter IV. Present Set up in Hyderabad
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Chapter V. The Standstill Agreement
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Chapter VI. Negotiations with India
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Chapter VII. Razakars: a Menace to Security
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Chapter VIII. Border Incidents
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Chapter IX. Plebiscite and Blockade Cry
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Chapter X. The Choice for the Nizam
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Appendices
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