TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mohammed Hyder
TI  - October coup : a memoir of the struggle for Hyderabad
SN  - 9788174368508
U1  - 352.63095484 	 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lotus collection
PB  - Roli books
KW  - Razakars
KW  - India--Osmānābād (District)
KW  - India--Hyderabad (State)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - civil service
N2  - It is 1948. A newly-independent India is trying to persuade Hyderabad to join the Indian Union. Negotiations are difficult for both sides. The State Congress, now operating from Indian territory, has launched a campaign of violent raids, designed to cripple civil administration in the border areas, and provoke an annexation. The leading Islamic party inside Hyderabad, in an equally rash move, has created a para-military body, the Razakars, to counter the threat to Hyderabad s borders.

For Mohammed Hyder of the Hyderabad Civil Service, the newly-appointed Collector of Osmanabad District (situated on the Hyderabad-Bombay border), both, the wayward State Congress and the ramshackle Razakar outfit are a threat to law and order. This first-person account conveys a vivid picture of Hyderabad under pressure, through the eyes of a senior district administrator.


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