
The Nizam of Hyderabad and the Sultan of the Ottomans
Yasir Qadhi
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Navab Mukar Ramajah
Lord Mountbatten the last viceroy of India, you know King the Queen refused or the king at the time refused that we're not gonna allow a mini-state within India. He still refused to sign and when the British left he was planning to go to war with India. The Indian army invaded in September of 1948 They marched into the streets of Hyderabad and there was some skirmishes and fighting until finally he was forced to basically Aquias and give up. This is how quick power and fortune comes and goes How quickly from the richest man in the world to Basically the grandson having almost nothing literally because of all the things that happened his life.
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