October Coup: A Memoir of the Struggle for Hyderabad
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9788174368508
Length
227p., 22cm.
Subjects
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 ...
