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Name: Hydebarad State (Princely State)

Type: Polity

Start: 1799 AD

End: 1947 AD

Nation: hydebarad state

Parent: great britain

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Was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India. During the British rule in 1901, the state had an average revenue of Rs. 417,000,000, making it the wealthiest princely state in India.

Establishment


  • January 1799: In 1798, Nizam ʿĀlī Khan (Asaf Jah II) was forced to enter into an agreement that put Hyderabad under British protection. He was the first Indian prince to sign such an agreement.
  • June 1799: After the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, several Mysore territories were ceded to neighbour states.
  • Chronology


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    1. Anglo-Indian Wars


    Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

    1.1.Anglo-Mysore Wars

    Were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Sultanate of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the other. The fourth war resulted in the dismantlement of Mysore to the benefit of the East India Company, which took control of much of the Indian subcontinent.

    1.1.1.Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

    Was the fourth and final Anglo-Mysore war. After the war, the Kingdom of Mysore became a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India.

    1.1.1.1.Partition of Mysore

    After the loss of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was occupied and partitioned. The remnant territories became a princely state of British India.


    1.2.Anglo-Maratha Wars

    Was a series of wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India.

    1.2.1.Second Anglo-Maratha War

    Was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. .

  • December 1803: Raghoji II Bhonsale of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon in Odisha with the British after the Battle of Argaon and gave up the province of Cuttack (which included Mughal and the coastal part of Odisha, Garjat/the princely states of Odisha, Balasore Port, parts of Midnapore district of West Bengal).

  • 2. Partition of India


    Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • August 1947: In 1947, Hyderabad, a princely state in India, did not accede to either Pakistan or India. The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, wanted to maintain independence.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1800: Ramdurg State was one of the Maratha princely states ruled by the Bhave family during the British Raj. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency, founded in 1799.

  • January 1812: Jamkhandi State was one of the Maratha princely states of British India. It was founded in 1811 and its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency and was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 1947: In 1947, Hyderabad, a princely state in India, did not accede to either Pakistan or India. The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, wanted to maintain independence.
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