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082			_a352.63095484 _bMOH/O
100			_aMohammed Hyder
245			_aOctober coup : a memoir of the struggle for Hyderabad
260			_aLotus collection _bRoli books _c2012
300			_a227 p.
520			_aIt 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.
650			_aRazakars
650			_aIndia--Osmānābād (District)
650			_aIndia--Hyderabad (State)
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_acivil service
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