After independence in 1947, India united its princely states. Hyderabad was the first to join, and in 1953, Andhra Pradesh became the first state based on language.

Alongside Jammu and Kashmir, the princely state of Hyderabad would pose one of the most serious challenges to the early territorial and political integrity of the Indian Union. Hyderabad stretched ...

Operation Polo was a pivotal military action undertaken by the newly independent Republic of India in September 1948, aimed ...