From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in Hyderabad State

by Lucien D. Benichou

This book tells of the events which led, in September 1948, to the integration of the princely state of Hyderabad - the largest and the richest of the princely states - into the Indian Union. This book centres around the question of the nature and popularity of the annexation of Hyderabad. It also explores the question of whether this was the only way in which the transition to popular rule could have taken place.

313 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2000