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Hyderabad was founded by the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda. In 1686 the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb campaigned in the Deccan to tame the Marathas and conquer the independent Deccan states. Before the campaign, the Mughals had controlled the northwestern Deccan, including Kandesh and Berar, but Mughal control ended at the Godavari River. Aurangzeb conquered Golconda and BijapurBijapur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bijapur City is the capital of the district and is located 530 km northwest of Bangalore. History The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th cent in 1687, extending Mughal control south of the Krishna RiverThe Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 900 km in length). It originates at Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra and joins the sea in the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh. The Krishna River flows through the states of Maharas.
The Mughal Empire began to weaken during the reign of Aurangzeb's grandson, Muhammad ShahSee Mohammad Shah Qajar for the Ruler of Persia Muhammad Shah ( 1702 1748) was a Mughal emperor of India between 1719 and 1748. He was the grandson of Bahadur Shah. Mughal empire.. A Mughal official, Asif Jah, defeated a rival Mughal governor to seize control of the empire's southern provinces, declaring himself Nizam-al-Mulk of Hyderabad in 1724. The Mughal emperor, under renewed attack from the Marathas, was unable to prevent it.
The seniormost (21-gun) princely state in British India, Hyderabad was an 82,000 square mile (212,000 kmē) princely state in the Deccan ruled by the Asaf Jah dynasty of Muslim rulers, who had the title of Nizam and style of His Exalted Higness. The Nizams ruled over the wealthiest state in India at that time, controlling some 16,500,000 people. During the height of Hyderabad's wealth in the 1930's the Nizam was the world's richest man, famous for employing 11,000 servants and using the Jacob Diamond as a paperweight.
When India became independent on August 15August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. Events 778 The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed 1517 First European connection with China seven Portuguese armed vessels le, 1947, the Muslim Nizam refused to accede to the Indian Union, although it entirely surrounded his territory, demanding the right as ruler of 18 million (overwhelmingly Hindu) subjects to rule a separate state. The resulting standoff ended with the state's occupation by Indian troops on September 13- 17, 1948 and its incorporation as a state of India the next year. The current Nizam, Mukarram Jah , lives in Australia.
In November 1956 Hyderabad was divided along linguistic lines, with the northeastern Telugu-speaking region, including the city of Hyderabad, assigned to Andhra Pradesh, the Kannada-speaking western region assigned to the new state of Karnataka, and Marathwada, the Marathi-speaking northwestern region of the state, assigned to Bombay state, later Maharashtra.