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Hyderabad State. Hyderabad State or Hyderabad Deccan[a] was a country [9], kingdom, and then princely state in the Deccan region with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided between the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in India. The state was ...
Hyderabad (/ ˈhaɪdərəbæd / ⓘ; [5] Telugu: [ˈɦaɪ̯daraːbaːd], Urdu: [ˈɦɛːdəɾaːbaːd], ISO: Haidarābād) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India.
The economy of Telangana is the ninth-largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of ₹ 9,572,071 million (equivalent to ₹ 11 trillion or US$130 billion in 2023) and has a GSDP per capita of ₹320,000 (US$3,800). [ 15 ][ 16 ] Telangana scored 0.705 on the Human Development Index during 2017-2018.
Geography of Hyderabad. Hyderabad is located in central Telangana and is spread over an area of 2,500 km 2. The city lies in the Deccan Plateau and rises to an average height of 536 m above the sea level. The city lies at 17.366° N latitude and 78.476° E longitude. Hyderabad is blessed with a unique landscape – spectacular rock formations ...
The princely state of Hyderabad was annexed by India in September 1948 through a military operation code-named Operation Polo, which was dubbed a "police action". [3] [4] [5]At the time of partition of India in 1947, the princely states of India, who in principle had self-government within their territories, were subject to subsidiary alliances with the British, giving them control of their ...
Hyderabad is the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a historic city noted for its many monuments, temples, mosques and bazaars. A multitude of influences have shaped the character of the city in the last 400 years. The city of Hyderabad was founded by the Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591. It was built around the Charminar, which formed the centerpiece of the city ...
The Deccan Plateau is a major part of South India (see inset for north and south Deccan Plateau) Hogenakal Falls, Tamil Nadu. Tiruvannamalai hill, often regarded as the southern tip of the Deccan plateau, the city of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu itself considered the gateway to the plateau. Near Hampi, Karnataka.
Madras State retained its name, with Kanyakumari district added to form Travancore–Cochin. Andhra Pradesh was created with the merger of Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking districts of Hyderabad State in 1956. Kerala was created by merging Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara districts of Madras State with Travancore ...