Appsc material: AP history-Asaf Jahi dynasty(2)

Salarjung 1 :

Originally Turub Ali Khan. He worked under 3 Nizams: Nazir-ud-dowla, Afzal-ud-dowla, Mir Mahaboob ali khan

His Reforms:
 abolished tax farming system, removed daftardars
appointed talukdars for collecting taxes. they were paid by the state.
central mint was estb. at Hyd. and district mints were abolished.
issued halisikka- standard coin for monetary transactions.
introduced 'zilla bandi' system. state was divided into 14 districts headed by 'awal talukdar'

supreme court- majlis-i-murafa
high court-  mahakam-i- sadar
criminal court- fauzdari adalat
police dept- mahakam-i- kotwali
police force- nizamat
inspector- amin
police station- chowki


1873-madarasa-i-aliya  for noble class
1878-madaras-i- aiza  for king's and his relative's children

1868- Madras to Sholapur road
          Madras to Bombay railway line

The induction of large number of outsiders into the adminidtration of the State led to to the friction between local people and outsiders(Mulki Movement) during the rule of Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan

Salarjung succeeded in getting Osmanabad and Raichur in 1860.

He died in 1883.



Operation Polo(sep 13-17th 1948)
Reason for Police Action on Hyderabad- Nizam violated the Standstill Agreement
Operation was headed by Gen JN Choudhary.
Air Vice Marshal Mukharjee became chief of Air Force
Nizam's Commander- L Edrus
Razakars also helped the Nizam but were suppressed by the army.

Military Govt under JN Choudhary continued till 1949 Dec.
Nizam's PM Mir Layak Ali and Razakar's leader Qasim Rizvi fled to Pakistan.

Nizam was considered as Raj Pramukh.

IN 1950, MK Vellodi was aoppinted as CM of Hyderabad. He continued till 1952.

In General elections (1952), B. Ramakrishna Rao was elected as CM of Hyd.

Appsc material: AP history-Asaf Jahi dynasty

Asaf jahi dynasty: Nawabs of Hyderabad

Nizam-ul-mulk(1724-1748):
Founder of Hyderabad State. His original name- Mir Qumaruddin Khan Chin Qilich Khan
He worked under Moghul emperor mohd. Shah and became independent in 1724.
He estb. Azaf Jahi dynasty.
His titles- Azaf Jah, Nizam ul mulk , Fathe jung

Nazzer jung(1748-51)
S/O Nizam ul Mulk
Muzzaffar jung(Nizam ul mulk's grandson), French plotted against him and met kurnool kadapa Nawab Ruhimath Khan to kill Nazzer jung. He was killed in 1751.
Muzzaffer Jung while proceeding to Hyderabad from Pondicherry was murdered at Rayachoti.

Salabath Jung(1751-61)
Brother of Nazzer Jung. He came to power with the help of French Commander Bussee.

Nizam Ali Khan(1762-1803)
1st ruler of Hyd State to use the title "Nizam"
English with the help of Kandregula jogipantulu concluded a treaty with Nizam in 1766. By this treaty company got circars.
In 1788, with the efforts of Cornwallis, Guntur came under the control of Company.
By subsidiary alliance, Ceded districts were given to English.
He estb arms factory at Gunfoundry with the help of  French officer Raymond.

Sikandar Jha (1803-1829)
Lord Wellesley forced a new treaty on him according to which the Nizam was forced to place his forces at the disposal of the company.
English controlled the administration by appointing diwans of their choice.
Army and finance dept. came under the control of British Resident stationed at hyderabad.
On his name Secunderabad developed.

Nazir-ud-dowla(1829-1857)
Wahabi movement was started by Syed Ahmad against British
In 1853, Nizam was forced to sign the treaty of Berar according to which the Nizam ceded the province of Berar, Osmanabad and Raichur to the Company.

Afzalud-dowla(1857-1869)
1857 revolt took place during his period. He supported the British and got the title "Star of India" from Davidson.

Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan(1869-1911)

Mir Osman Ali Khan( 1911-1948)