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Hyderabad’s Last Nizam
January 18 , 2023
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- The last Nizam of Hyderabad Mukarram Jah Bahadur passed away in Turkey.
- While the Nizam’s Dominion of Hyderabad ceased to exist after it acceded to the Indian union in 1948.
- The seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan served as the Raj Pramukh of the state from January 26, 1950, when it accepted the Indian Constitution, till October 31, 1956.
- When parts of the Hyderabad state were merged with neighbouring regions to form Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
- In June 1954, Osman Ali Khan wrote to the Union Government to recognise Mukarram Jah as his successor and the request from the former monarch was accepted by the Centre in 1964.
- Following the passing of Osman Ali Khan in 1966, Jah continued to hold the title of the Nizam of Hyderabad till November 1971.
- In 1971, the Indian government abolished the privy purse and royal titles.
- Now, the Mukarram Jah’s demise brings down the curtains on the Asaf Jahi dynasty founded in 1724.
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