Rare Photos Of Operation Polo / Hyderabad Police Action 1948 ,

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Operation Polo code name for The Hyderabad Police Action was a military operation in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the State of Hyderabad and ended the rule of Nizam, annexing the state into the Indian Union.

The conflict began after Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII decided not to join the princely State of Hyderabad to either India or Pakistan after the partition of India. The Nizam's defiance was backed by Qasim Razvi's armed militias, known as Razakars and had the moral support of Pakistan. After a stalemate in negotiations between the Nizam and India, and wary of a hostile independent state in the centre of India, Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Patel decided to annex the state of Hyderabad. He sent the Indian Army and the Hyderabad State Forces were defeated within five days.

Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos (at right) offers his surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces to Major General (later General and Army Chief) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri at Secunderabad (Operation Polo / Hyderabad Police Action 1948 Pic)

 

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Crowds Cheering Indian Army (Operation Polo / Hyderabad Police Action 1948 Pic)

 

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Razakars, a private militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan

 

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Indian Army Tanks

 

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Major General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri

 

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Major General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri talking with Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos, Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad State Forces

 

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Razakars, a private militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan

 

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Last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State Mir Laik Ali

 

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Syed Kasim Razvi (Qasim Razvi)- Razakars chief of Hyderabad State, a local militia

 

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Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos, Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad State Forces

 

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Hyderabad State Forces

Major General Syed Ahmed El Edroos, Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad State Forces (R) shaking hands with Lt. General Maharaj Kumar Shri Rajendrasinhji

 

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Last Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan with First Indian Union Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhai Patel

 

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Major General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri flank the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan after he signed the accession to India in September 1948

 

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I an see RSS activists at the back!

 

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I an see RSS activists at the back!

those are Razakars , not RSS........

 

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those are Razakars , not RSS........

Nope, white Shirt and OG socks wasn't Razakar dress and moreover, why would a Razakar be allowed to take notes during an Indian Generals visit in a high security zone! Also, a Hindu Bald baba is standing next to your Razakars