How Hyderabad ‘joined’ India 75 years ago,why for BJP it's ‘liberation’,for KCR/Owaisi ‘integration’

As BJP & KCR, Owaisi fight over calling September 17, 'Hyderabad Liberation Day' or 'National Integration Day', in episode 1070 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the history of Hyderabad, how the province which was once bigger than Telangana & Andhra Pradesh put together, 'joined' India 75 years ago.
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[@zil1832]

u$ agents se bachke

[@punnavanamsubbiah7434]

No India or Bharath as claimed by present rulers at union. Words like government of India at that time is lie. Now same congress has to walk for co-operative federalism wheas print ploughing over between liberation and integrations. It may get some votes for Modi and Shah not Gujarat model welfare state and one more episode of SG .

[@vinayrvarma]

No membership till all your colleagues maintains quality like you.

[@chinmayshetye3]

Heyy @ThePrint Wonderful video, you should definitely fact check some details about Nizam in this lecture by Prof Narahar kurundkar kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGK9aIuPp8R3rbc (It's in Marathi) Kurundkar was part of the Hyderabad independence movement and has collected lot of information from other freedom fighters like Swami Ramanand tirtha

[@punnavanamsubbiah7434]

@@vinayrvarma Truth and Truthful journalism . Print of SG public relation office to Nagpur Modi Shah durbar.

[@switchblade970]

Iam from marathwada which was part of hyderabad. It cant be called integration since razakars killed people who opposed integration. It was only liberated once Indian Army annexed hyderabad. Don't call it integration my people gave their life for liberation

[@nishant4262]

Sadly, our Hindi RW media loves Owaisi so much. They interview him every 2 hrs. He quotes the constitution to place Sharia even above constitution.😭 I have no doubt that he'll only increase his lok sabha seats this way. I only wish that sacrifices of our blood isn't forgotten 🙏

[@parshu.9309]

Yeah and the Owaisis party has the same name as Rasakars... They didn't even care to change that name

[@AK-fd1tb]

Not everyone knows this Owaisi's Grandfather was actually friend of Qasim Razvi. He left the Razakars to Owaisis when Nizam surrendered. Left with no choice he dismantled the Razakars.

[@torturedhuman9792]

@@AK-fd1tb Another fact is, Pakistan also formed Rajakar militia group in 1971, being inspired from Nizam.

[@basuh7526]

Rightly said, Khangress appeased Muslims & now KCR is busy on how to continue with Muslims appeasement & has muslim home minister

[@bhargavaram7461]

Brutality of razakaars is never forgotten by my grand parents even now...

[@rutvikrs]

Please ask them to write about it or ask to narrate. We need documentation with as many details as possible.

[@admcng]

Let us not forget it.

[@AB2312]

My Dad was part of the Indian army contingent which was sent to liberate Hyderabad. He told me that there were lot of killings done by Razakars and rapes. The worst thing was that a lot of people in power were integrated into Congress and used to regularly ridicule people who supported India

[@tejamysore3699]

My grandmother and her family were in Hyderabad during this time. The incidents she recalls of the Razakar brutality and the fear in Hindu community, will curl one's skin.

[@sssk162]

Even today congress has not changed

[@switchblade970]

Iam from Maharastrian part of hyderabad and every congress leader in my area was deshbhakt. We don't have any single ex razakar leader here. I've also condemned calling it integration you can see it above. So plz don't give it a political narration

[@Deveshi.A.]

This complete bull shit , congress leaders of those days are Patriots even communist did wonderful job in telangana struggle

[@Deveshi.A.]

@@switchblade970 that guy talking bullshit without knowing abcd of telagana please ignore him , congress leaders of those times are Patriots

[@karthika560]

Razakars wiped out entire villages on suspicion of treason. Nizam banned use of Telugu in a majority telugu speaking state. Until independence and medium of instruction in the state was urdu. He also banned usage of Indian traditional clothes in the late 30s. One OU student led a protest and was rusticated . The state even wrote letters to various univs accross to ban those students. However a college in pune took pity on him and offered a seat. Later on the man would become the PM of India

[@kritikshah]

Who was he?

[@bhwanapandey8234]

@@kritikshah pvn rao

[@kritikshah]

@@bhwanapandey8234 Thanks for the information!

[@DheerajKumar-fo7ft]

Not Pune Nagpur I believe.

[@Amuzic_Earth]

Wow..that's a lesser known tale.

[@477ra]

My great grandmother is from Raikonda in Telangana. As per her memory, there are mass rapes, looting and killing by Razakars frequently. women in villages used to carry chilli powder in sari’s to protect themselves from rape. My grate grandfather killed a Razakar militant and as a result was hunted. But he luckily escaped until Hyderabad was liberated. Most of the atrocities committed by Razakars in the name of Islam have swept under the rug by congress governments.

[@hogginarmocount9562]

Lots of respect from maharashtra🙏🙏🚩🚩🚩 Your grandfather is a legend!

[@amolkhobaragade]

No, Razakar atrocities can be still studied. It is just that Hyderabad liberation isn't someone which interests a lot of Indians.

[@adityakavangal1352]

Bro, i am also from Hyderabad, please let me know if we can meet , sometime, would love to hear your stories in person

[@hogginarmocount9562]

@@amolkhobaragade My grandmother was a child when her family left Hyderabad. But her cousins has to evacuate once the razakar activity started.

[@musham6295]

yes brothe r there are storage rice pots big enough to hide a teenager my grand ma was hid inside one during razakars everybody in hyderabad oldcity says they are decendents of nizam proudly but there is a personal women kota for nizam in old city no one talks about it there are dark skin muslims say they are disendents and there are white skin who say they are real decendans of arab yemen and oman nobles until know i dont know hyderabad razakars and atrocities and aimim as razakars decendent

[@spraveeny]

In Karnataka we always called liberation and also celebrated as one Hyderabad Karnataka vimochana din

[@vatsalsingh1555]

The razakars of that time are now owaisi and his gang of supporters.

[@prashanthreddy3326]

But from 1948 till today, Liberation day is not celebrated in Telangana though more than half of the erstwhile Hyderabad State is today's Telangana. The only reason given for why the "Liberation Day" was not celebrated in Telangana for past 74 years is because "Secularism will be in Danger" But atleast this Liberation Day was celebrated in Marathwada region of Maharashtra and in the Northeastern part of Karnataka

[@prasadankulwar6050]

In Maharashtra it is called Marathwada muktisangram din

[@jambudvipi]

In Maharashtra too it’s called Marathawada Liberation Day

[@vinaybaldawa4606]

I am from the city of Solapur, though it was not part of Hyderabad state, Razakars regularly carried out raids in my city plundering everything. My great grandparents and grandparents had a lot to deal at that point in time.

[@prasadankulwar6050]

I am from Latur which was part of Hyderabad back then. My grandparents had relocated to Akola temporarily fearing razakar brutality .

[@parshu.9309]

@@prasadankulwar6050 Sure, I am from Udgir my grandparents also ran to Amravati in that period.

[@thenewshour3126]

O yes, therez only one pious community in the world & thatz Hindus, Hindus never hv killed anybody, neither hv looted anything, this propaganda against muslims vil give you nothing except ur own destruction bcoz itz islamic cultural & values which still hv kept india in tact, otherwise what you hv, what values Hindus hv, what book of principles you hv. Don't accept islam but atleast try to understand it, you can live an easy life.

[@anandkhond5474]

@@thenewshour3126 cope

[@sps6]

@@thenewshour3126 u must be ashamed of ur religion..u don't even follow ur religion..which forbades killing innocents and raping women..don't gloat u rascal

[@sanaproper]

Not only for BJP.. Even for us common Telanganaites we are liberated from highly oppressive Nizam+Islamic militant organization Razakar(predecessor of AIMIM) + velama Dhora (the fuedal lords caste which KCR belongs to) rule

[@DheerajKumar-fo7ft]

75 years forward Hyderabad becomes what it is today because of hardwork and wisdom of telugu people.

[@FCA_kapildev]

True words

[@curiouskid1547]

And not piglets

[@rakalokam1]

Kudos to Sekhar Guptaji. He did full justice to his pseudo secular, Left illiberal masters. He quotes Guha and El Edroos, but fails to read End of An Era by KM Munshi, Hyderabad Liberation Saga by VH Desai (published by PV Narasimha Rao's Ramananda teertha Trust, the man who he adores to no end)or even the biography by Swami Ramananda Teertha,who led the Hyderabad State Congress). Aleast he could have read the books written by communists like P Sundaraiah and DV (both available in English) His longish story is full of inaccuracies. He hasn't spoken a word about Congress struggle, the role of Arya Samaj, the part played by Hindu Mahasabha of Savarkar and RSS led by Vavilala Veerabhadra Rao. The problem is reading up a couple of books written by people who haven't visited Hyderabad, cannot reveal the whole Hyderabad story. At one place, he says that Nehru threatened to send the Indian Army to Hyderabad. Know when he said that? Not when thousands of villages were pillaged and plundered. Not when countless women were raped. Not when thousands were killed. But, when a couple of Christian nuns were raped. You may have reservations about calling Hyderabad's liberation a liberation, but at least speak without factual inaccuracies.

[@chinmayshetye3]

Agreed he should have read more! I would suggest you write a nice article on this topic, journalists can only rely on good sources due to time constraints

[@prashanthreddy3326]

Well said Sudhākar gāru

[@PARIKSHITHM]

Very well written, hope The Print does a part to correct their errors

[@rajp6339]

Thank you Raka garu for the details. If not, this guy was peddling all half truths and pure lies...

[@padma9025]

👏👏

[@WhiteElephant98]

In Maharashtra 17 September celebrated as "Marathwada Liberation Day". So Telangana political parties need to understand their judgment will have not great but some impact on Maharashtra's Marathwada region too.

[@simple-eastner]

We know what did Andhra people did Telangana, We know what is the state of Bijapur-Bidar in Karnataka and we know that is the state Maratwada in Maharashtra.(This is THE region of farmer suicides since late 90s thanks to regional & caste based politics). KCR has taken use out Andhra domination & Reddy-Kamma-Kaapu casteism dirt. BJP wants to ride to power on remains of Kamma dominated TDP. MIM is 5-7 seats max, not even 5%.

[@ravikumarsribhashyam8846]

@@simple-eastner MIM drives the govt in Hyderabad. They were silent spectators watching telugu people getting divided, and even encouraged it. Have you forgotten that MIM asked Andhras being attacked in old city, tobkerp MIM sign on their doors.

[@chaitanyakk2000]

@@simple-eastner bro please learn history before Indian army liberated Hyderabad the same kamma and reddies helped the figthers who fought against nizam the communist party which fought against nizam was supported by andhra border villages Hyderabad city has lot more land and andhra people who were educated under the British hard working people when it was our capital we thought we would develop becos of our skills there was no domination of us there are lot of cases when telangana people developed due to our investments your nizam ruled andhra needed support to fight of against tipi sultan and Marathas he gave andhra to British 400 years of Hyderabad our ancestors also paid for the city to develop learn your history

[@raakesh9626]

Jai Maharashtra..

[@savithakl7577]

Whether Goa or Hyderabad was always liberation. Also Owaisi family was part of Razakar movement as MIM was Razakars Army. They perpetuated atrocities on Hindus in 1948. Owaisi inherited Razakar politics of Hindu hate.

[@Gappasappa]

Thanks. I was waiting for someone to speak the truth.

[@nishant4262]

Our Hindi RW media loves the TV ratings that Owaisi brings, they interview him every two hours. Sad, that he'll create 10s of mini Pakistan's and expand his lok sabha share. That vitriolic guy quotes our constitution to declare Sharia above constitution itself. God save us! err..Shah save us.

[@AjayKeshri.0]

Rajakar was members of mim

[@karthika560]

Not only in 1948 . It was decades of violence that preceded 1948. Nizam actively tried to perform demographic change in Hyderabad. He invited large number of turks and ethopians to settle down in Hyderabad. The medium of instruction was urdu which was only spoken by 10th of the populatin

[@somnathbose5475]

The Razakars are well and alive in this here 2022 , in independent , democratic India , perhaps dormant . Their attributes surface from time to time .

[@vivek86mybad]

It was being occupied by Pakistanis/Pakistan-sympathizing Arabs/Afghans who wanted to merge it with Pakistan and Indian military action liberated it from those elements as per the wishes of the native Hindu population . Hence it was liberation . And many of those Pakistanis , Afghans and Arabs went scurrying back to their lands in Pakistan & Arabia after our military action . When you throw out foreigners from your own lands ..of course it's called liberation .

[@muralidharchalapathy7855]

One correction vivek. 'went to Pakistan' not 'to their land Pakistan '. Nothing is their's really even in Pakistan

[@vivek86mybad]

@@aryanhassan4659 Pehli baat toh buchadkhaane waale hassan thoda taarikh padh . Those were literally Arabs and Afghans fighting for the Nizam . It was a muslim ruling structure imposed on a Hindu populace . To control the populace Nisams had brought in a large number of Arab migrants to Hyderabad as soldiers so that on account of religion they'd be loyal to the nizam . Same with a lot of Afghans . Aur rahi Pakistan ki baat ...toh Pakistani aasman se paida nahi hue woh yahi aap logo mein se hai . Jinnah Gujarat se ...Liaqat Ali Khan ..karnal se ...etc etc . Pakistan ka movement AMU se . Toh of course woh hyderbad ke razakars Pakistani the . Of course one's indentity forms a large part of one's sense of belonging . And religion chiefly among many others is the most important markers of identity . If we are the same people then why do you think an average Hindu cares two hoots in rats ass about Palestine while the Muslims left in India from the pre-partition days cry every other day on twitter/social media about the so-called Israeli atrocities on Palestinians . Of course religion defines one's sense of belonging in a very significant way .

[@Xeeshanhamidmalik]

We Kashmirs will through India out of our land, of course it'll be our liberation.

[@AbrarJahin-vs8yz]

They were foreigners They were indigenous to the land Aryans came From Iran Forgotten

[@AbrarJahin-vs8yz]

So when Muslims do something thats terrorism but when u do the same crimes Thats good / justified Woww Hypocrisy ki vi sima hoti hein 2 lakh Muslims Were killed Muslim girls were raped And u support this Think 10 times before calling Muslims terrorists

[@dheerajreddy981]

Rajakars committed untold atrocities across the state, Bairanpalli a village my family comes from has the marks and memories of the men who were shot down and the women who were raped and were forced in the village centre.

[@YS-ln2wx]

Shekhar ji, being the "secular" that he is, very conveniently sidesteps any mention of this but does not forget to mention how many erstwhile Razakars were killed in retaliation. In fact, old timers in every family of Telangana & parts of the erstwhile Hyderabad can attest to the atrocities of the Razakar mobs and how entire villages lived in constant fear of wiped out.

[@syedtalhauddin2613]

He doesn't mention the hyderabadi muslim massacre by armd force' with locals

[@ChandraSekhar-uz6kf]

@@syedtalhauddin2613 We are speaking about atrocities done by razakars. Your community lives have value but Hindu lives will not have any value as per you. Indian army fought against Razakars army but not against Muslim community. If war happens between india and Pakistan then you might more concerned on lives of Pakistan army than Indian army, razakars are doesn’t have any ethics. Killing them is good for society. They naked Hindu woman and made them to celebrate festivals, if hindus does same with Muslim woman then do you accept it? Think logically.

[@gshrdy5415]

@@syedtalhauddin2613 , Retaliation is normal when crime is committed.

[@easter-nmgr4086]

@@gshrdy5415 lol who told u that🤣crimes are committed in Israel , Syria,Libya, afganistan every now and then genocide are happened but it doesn't allow india to invade them in the name of police action 🤣 india china Europe Russia and America almost all globel players belives in might is right

[@7hills812]

Misses/Deliberate Omissions : #1). 10s of thousands (if not 100 thousand plus) of Hindus killed by Razakars. My immediate family in Telangana escaped death by hiding in hay stacks. My family on the other side of Krishna river saw 100s of Hindu dead bodies come ashore. Raping, pillaging went unabated for months #2) Armed communist resistance against Nizam. Thus is why no one trusts you guys SG!!! Before you ask for money, do some real unbiased reporting. You were happy to tell us how many Muslims died post-military action. But, say a ‘few raids’ by Razakars. Also, Nizam wanted to join Pakistan, if independence was not possible.

[@PARIKSHITHM]

As native of Hyderabad I am really disappointed in the way this moment in history has been explained here. The research done here is really poor as I have found many errors and omissions in the video. I will not dwell into the minor errors, as I am willing to excuse The Print, we southerners are used to it by now. But what can’t be excused is the way the so called “riots” of 1947-48 have been described in the video. The atrocities committed by the razakars were not mere riots as Shekar puts it, it was systematic state backed attempt to convert or eliminate the Hindu population of the Hyderabad state. The research team should read upon the objectives of the razakars in 1947-48 before brushing aside the atrocities faced by almost all Hindu families of Hyderabad state as mere riots and omitting all the details. Lakhs of Hindus were massacred in Hyderabad and no Hindu family has survived this time unscathed. You have mentioned the death toll attributed to the Hindus after or during operation polo but failed to mention anything about the lakhs of Hindus slaughtered by the razakars. This is really disappointing and makes me wonder if rest of the reports done by The Print also contain similar biases and are based on limited/flawed research.

[@ravindrapratapsinghshekhaw4562]

Yes, i too am appalled that razakar chief was able to breathe after liberating hyderabad. From todays lenses, it seems nehru & gandhi smoke some really potent secular sh*t!

[@ANURAGSHARMA091716]

They do it on purpose, bro. They are committed to their character because they know BJP will lose one day and they will continue to be part of Indian deep state.

[@RojaJaneman]

Commies will always do this. It’s important to call them out publicly. Make ur voice heard. Don’t condone adharm.

[@vinushrenik]

Probably Shekharji has only read Ramchndra Guha on the subject and it is well known that Ramchandra Guha is a historian with tremendous bias against Hindus.

[@Dankelkar]

Selectively highlighting Muslim deaths is the standard operating model for secularism in India. I am glad you pointed out the bias. It would help further if you could provide statistics amd also point us to some authentic sources for further reading.

[@rakalokam1]

The things that Sekhar Gupta said about Sundarlal Committee are false. Firstly, it was not a government appointed committee, but a goodwill mission. (read Pt Sundarlal's biography available at the sales counter near Delhi's Rajghat). It was not formed by a government order or a legislative decision. Calling it a committee was a fiction. Secondly, it did not meet HIndus, who were the real victims for decades. Thirdly, wonder why Congress government did not appoint any such inquiry commission anywhere in Partition affected states like Punjab, Jammu, West Bengal etc.

[@rajp6339]

Thank you Raka garu for exposing this anti-national Shekar Gupta and his anti-Hindu mindset..

[@aaibhagwati8450]

Maharashtra celebrates the Marathwada liberation day. All Maharashtrian have accepted the fact that it was liberation and not integrating.

[@avinashkd9863]

I fondly remember my grandfather talking about Hyderabad Liberation. He admired Sardar Patel for liberation of Hyderabad from Nizam. It takes courage to take decision which has implications for years to come. Just imagine if Hyderabad was Semi Autonomous, It would have been a conclave country within India. Appeasement politics of Congress and now KCR have lead to regrouping of Razakars under new Umbrella of MIM. May God Bless India and Indians.

[@parvadhami980]

If RSS is criticised for being a "British stooge" then AIMIM should too for being a "Separatist/Nizam stooge"

[@Gappasappa]

RSS is not a British stooge

[@pardeeptandon]

The fact is Both RSS, and the Nizam were British stooges. In March 1943 Sindh provisional assembly passed an official resolution for the creation of Pakistan. This resolution was passed by Sarvakars Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim league Jointly, while congress & communists opposed it.

[@sid8285]

Gandhi and Nehru were also British Stooges. In those times everyone were working their politics and interests with the British.

[@tushar-lf8eu]

@@sid8285 you will offend many with this statement

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

@@tushar-lf8eu But Gandhi was. He kept negotiating with the British. At the cost of people's misery he kept his non violence movement. In a way non violence protest was what British wanted. It bought them time to divide the country. A rebellion was costly for them. In the end, due to Bose's contribution it happened. You have to take away your rights and not ask politely. Also Gandhi wanted to please Jinnah and Nehru both. They both wanted power and in their struggle we got the country divided. Also muslim league and other things fuelled the hate.

[@sowmi3vinay583]

Cleverly did not talk about atrocities of Razakars. How big hypocrite you are!

[@prashanthreddy3326]

From 1948 till today, Liberation day is not celebrated in Telangana though more than half of the erstwhile Hyderabad State is today's Telangana. The only reason given for why the "Liberation Day" was not celebrated in Telangana for past 74 years is because "Secularism will be in Danger" But atleast this Liberation Day was celebrated in Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the Northeastern part of Karnataka

[@yogeshjs4124]

Misplaces sense of Secularism

[@rishupocket]

My grandmother told me a story earlier. Sardar patel asked people to send 1 person from each village for the liberation of Hyderabad and to fight, this was done secretly without Nehru getting to know about it. Grandfather went over to fight it.

[@crossbones3820]

lol

[@Tej517]

your grandmother knew but Nehru didn't know the plan 🐱

[@pp_01123]

Are you nuts? Nehru and Patel both were against army chief, they both wanted swift Operation Polo. Moreover Nehru wanted to get hyderabad under India asap! Atleast read some memoirs from Generals who fought in that battle!

[@paresh4578]

Lol

[@brahm-ahamasmi]

@@pp_01123 He is simply BJP IT cell dog who has been paid 10/- to defame Nehru

[@GururajBN]

Excellent summarisation of recent history. Many thanks. Calling this integration, especially after the death of soldiers on both sides is what we call in Kannada as "Swabbing the garbage heap"! It is clearly a case of liberation, especially for the Hindus who had suffered atrocities under the Razakars. Assaduddin Owaisi has inhereted the mantle of Razakar predecessors. You know now, whether Muslims first or India first for him. Assaduddin Owaisi has inhereted the mantle of Razakar predecessors. You know now, whether Muslims first or India first for him.You spoke about death of 27000 muslims, but did not say how many Hindus had died. The Razakars had commenced raids and atrocities against the Hindus long before the army entered the State of Hyderabad. I recall that Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge himself was a lone surviving child of a family destroyed by Razakar Rais. No numbers are put on the number of Hindus dead, as was the case with Mopla Genocide, or partition genocide. Hindu lives matter. So also the dead Hindus.

[@d.dcosta8771]

Agree... Please ... In sensitive episode like these If you quote one community figures please quote figures for the other. Cause it creates bias. If you cannot get correct figures then please don't give figures at all. Please be sensitive.

[@tony16991]

A bit of both? Where was the integration part? If surrender implied integration, then the Nazi defeat was integration as well? Indian Army liberated Hyderabad, call it as it is.

[@ramsundar3232]

Liberation is the right word. But for the sake communal harmony "Integration" is the apt word. And nazi and this is nor right comparison. That was war BTW countries, this was internal operation.

[@desistarktm7270]

@@ramsundar3232 Libtards Philosophy : Muslim community in a secular country is like that stubborn last son in a family. We are obliged to defend and help them, if we want to run the things smoothly.

[@desistarktm7270]

@@ramsundar3232 " For the sake of communal harmony?" Let's just say we are afraid of sar tan se juda gang.

[@tony16991]

@@ramsundar3232 What does that even mean? For the sake of communal harmony, you lie to the people? If that was btw countries, can America say integration of the south? I bet they say liberation of the south. It would be very disingenuous to say Slavery wasn't the issue for the sake of "communal" harmony to be liberated. Say it like it is. Surrender is acceptance of defeat through force not diplomacy.

[@bimasu]

@@ramsundar3232 this was as much an operation between two entities- the Hyderabad state was not yet a part of India at the time.

[@k-map224]

What else do you expect from a party of razakars like AIMIM who were the henchmen of the nizams and carried out the genocide against millions of hindus for the nizam ruler as he wanted to be a part of pakistan. For them it is integration always and not liberation. 😂😂😂😂

[@loveearthly]

SG’s betrays his Obsessive compulsive disorder. Asks if Hyderabad was liberated by Indian forces, or peacefully integrated? SG replies (shamelessly): It was a little bit of both…. and then goes on to describe the brutalities of the Pakistani backed, well funded Nizam, and his bloody takedown by Indian Forces.

[@duraisingamvelu]

May be SG said bit of a both because , as he explained at 22:55 Nizam gave a speech that he wanted to settle with India and not have the war ? 🤔

[@rajanigali123]

What more we can expect from pseudo liberals. They forgot to report truth, they are just living for appeasing Muslims, that is their life time goal.

[@sanaproper]

Pakistan never funded Hyderabad state

[@nv9991]

@@sanaproper Pakistan bought guns in Europe and handed over to muslims in Hyderabad and a dhimmi like you still don't see the truth...

[@yj9032]

Keep crying. SG is not here to appease Hindu extremists like you.

[@vinushrenik]

Mr. Shekhar by your own narrative and admission it is clear that Hyderabad was liberated and by no stretch of argument or imagination it can be said that Hyderabad was integrated and yet in your opening statement you said that it was a bit of both liberation as well as integration. You are so afraid of your left liberal friends that you have no courage to call a spade a spade. May God give you strength to stand with truth and not be cowed down by the agenda of your left liberal friends.

[@rakalokam1]

'the contention that Kasim Rizvi died a poor, unknown death in Pakistan is pure fiction. He worked as a lawyer for Mohajirs. His daughter was a member of the Sindh Assembly. His granddaughter wrote about her mother, herself and about the role played by Rizvi in in a communication, which is available online. Please do some research before making such claims.

[@rajp6339]

Thank you Raka garu for exposing this anti-Hindu, anti-national Leftist working against India's interests.

[@parikshitpatil0103]

In Maharashtra we call it मराठवाडा मुक्तीसंग्राम दिन. Quite shocking it is not celebrated as Liberation Day.

[@Gappasappa]

Appeasement politics of Congress

[@rajanigali123]

Ram Guha is a pseudo liberal so every word he written is part of showing Muslims are great peace loving people.

[@Kudupa]

I hope young ones who watch CTC understand where AIMIM & its politics come from & how destructive it is for our country & unity.

[@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461]

As Shekhar Gupta righly mentioned, they aren't razakars, Aimim is a separate entitiy. Aimims politics is dirty for Muslims themselves. They are bjp b team. You should be thankful for them to have given bjp the upper hand everywhere they entered.

[@ramrao668]

@@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461 AIMIM is the political wing. Razarkars are the military wing. They are two sides of the same coin. Of course they will try to pretend they are different

[@sambitacharya24]

And why do we take the risk faizur boy? Any Indian who knows a bit of history knows how the country was trifurcated last time a pan India Muslim leader reared his head

[@yj9032]

BJP is worse than MIM

[@shaikdastageerfaizurrahman9461]

@@ramrao668 then where is the military wing of mim today show me

[@shravancell5210]

Sir, It's very unfortunate that you have not even mentioned a single word about local rural people revolting against nizam's decision to be separate country Each and every village has a story of Martyrs who fought for Integration with India I think you are of the opinion that those struggles in villages for India's integration are not mention worthy I request your goodselves to kindly look into this untold history

[@rajeshwarraja8153]

So true, journalists who sit in Delhi have such a myopic view of events and ppl of rest of india especially south india and even worst northeast of india

[@SrinivasNageshGuru]

Yes. My Grandmother also tells me how the fear was in their hearts. A person with a checkered lungi or a cloth on the shoulders was percievd to be a Muslim and this sent shivers down their spines. The fact is that all this information regarding the brutalities was whitewashed by the government's till now . The history of Telangana and Hyderabad is nothing more than a paragraph. What people want is acceptance of truth by the Owaisi brethren and Telangana leaders. Truth and reconciliation is what people want as said by Nelson Mandela.

[@indifference-8402]

What are you ?,,plz ask yourself..@Shekar@print.

[@indifference-8402]

Now tell me about Ghandi Ji and Pak,s father "JINNA,s" DIRECT ACTION DAY in Bengal riots,,,,Will "Shekar" have guts to talk that?🤔

[@saptarshiadhikary3736]

​@@indifference-8402 There is nothing as Bengal riot. There had been many riots that took plece in the United province of Bengal.

[@indifference-8402]

@@saptarshiadhikary3736 You are contradicting yourself,,first by saying there's nothing called Bengal riots and the very next sentence saying there have been many riots in Bengal🤦Are you Drunk?😂Or are you a Rahul Gandhi follower.

[@indifference-8402]

@@saptarshiadhikary3736 Did you know..In 1946 Muslims in Bengal on orders of Jinna had raped,killed and hung naked dead bodies of Hindus in meat shops and on the road..Do some research before commenting on things you don't know about.

[@pechankaun3529]

Please expand on the Hindu genocide that occurred in Hyderabad and don't make it a side note. You can easily say that Hindu mobs were after Kasim Razvi but you can't say anything about the Muslim mobs attacking Hindus.

[@anansheth]

Southern India is truly a m a z i n g

[@IASachin]

Can't agree more.. It epitomizes Indian ethos.... Love from UP🇮🇳

[@vinjed]

Shame Shekhar Gupta and @theprint Hardly a whisper on the atrocities Razakers committed on the poor Telangana villagers and tribals, who were killed and r@pe$ horrifyingly. This forced a military action that was finally approved by even the craven Nehru. Yet u have the gall to skip this entirely under euphemism of ‘riots’, and instead wonder why unfortunate retaliation was meted out on ‘Mooselmans’ by those who suffered just previously? That is karma in absence of any other form of justice. A truth that will continue till BOTH sides stop antagonizing each other. I am from Hyderabad and my own family was affected by those animals. How dare you minimize the pain still in memory and pride we feel to be LIBERATED!! Genocide apologists who represent a community one sidedly like you are reason why communal strife continues in this country. The victims remember Mr. Gupta. The wounds have not healed and have become rancid due to lack of treatment. But by all means pls find another bandaid to try and cover it up.

[@kk123mine]

Brother don’t worry, scoundrels like SG are worst than Razakkars . Actually such biased reporting helped to get Modi . Vote carefully . Next 10 yrs imp.

[@ramachandrankannan274]

SG's opening remarks should be that Delhi based media is only concerned with the area around Delhi. In his channel Punjab and Haryana are more important than South, West and East India together. Similarly, Kashmir is more important than the North East and SG is the rare journalist who gives some coverage to the North East Our journalists think of Pakistan as very important neighbour ignoring that ,in reality, it is less important than Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The only reason for the weightage to Pakistan is its proximity to Delhi. It is just a continuation of our history books focusing on irrelevant minor kings like the Lodhis or Md Bin Tughlak but ignoring Krishna Deva Raya whose empire was several times that of the Delhi based Sultanates

[@sanaproper]

Abdul Wahid Owaisi didn't name Razkar to AIMIM overnight.. after certain events to save his skin, lot of political consideration Razakar militant organization was renamed AIMIM I.e being brutally honest lots of Hyderabadi Muslims supported Razakar but changed political scenario Indias ruling was to be accepted.. Hence Mixing both its renamed All India Razakar I.e AIMajlis ittehadul muslimeen

[@zafarm4383]

Clearly you don't even know H of history. You are fake news.

[@balajisankarkonakalla313]

All is okay but, I'm not getting a point, how communal riots can happen if we call it Hyderabad Liberation?

[@shouryasanjeev9284]

Because the razakars and their cowardly supporters were out in the streets killing non-muslims which eventually led to retaliation...?

[@desistarktm7270]

Ali sina( Iran author): If you think Islamic terrorism is a new phenomenon, think again. Islam owes its success to terrorism. Since the day Muhammad set foot in Medina, he started his campaign of terror. His followers have been doing the same ever since.

[@OnkarShrma]

#ShekharGupta you didn't mention how much hindus were killed in Riots against hindus between 47 to 48 . Razaakaars killed thousands of hindus and and poor families were displaced from their homes. Such a fear of Islamist and sir tan se zuda gang.

[@jambunathannarayanan8415]

In late seventies my first posting was in Nizamabad. The Janata Deposit collector was a old school teacher of the area. He used to tell me about the army action and how many rich persons became paupers overnight as the army marched thru the city. Incidentally many employees in Railways fled to Mumbai in the wake of action by the Razakkars. Unfortunately in those days none documented the oral history of the area. The small and marginal farmers from Coastal Andhra were taking over the land changing both the demographics and economics of the area.

[@DrBrightThomas]

A book called ‘ India’s Bismark- Sardar Vallabbhai Patel by Balraj Krishna described these events very well. Strange this book is not easily available. Based on facts and letters from that time. So different from what we learn in school.

[@7hills812]

Thanks. I never heard of the book. I’ll see if I can get it.

[@desistarktm7270]

May be the book was digested by nehruvian secularism just like "stanic verses"

[@catanana]

@@desistarktm7270 satanic verses is banned in India and I want to read that book so badly 😀

[@desistarktm7270]

@@catanana yet it's available on web.

[@desistarktm7270]

@@catanana Books every nationalist must read before it's too late.., 1) Understanding Sharia's role in war: US Military - IPB manual. 2) Understanding Mohammed - Ali sina 3)From religion to Reason- Ali A Rizvi. ( All books are freely available on web).

[@ramu27689]

Another major aspect of that period -- missed in this segment -- was the Telangana Armed Struggle against the Nizam and the feudal landlords which was led by the Communist Party of India. The support for the Communists in the rural areas was massive and Communist leader Ravi Narayan Reddy polled more votes than even Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1952 election!

[@srirampandit584]

Very true, Ram Mohan. Another fact, though not a popular view, many Telangana people during my young years told me that Govt. Of India, including Sardar Patel were more bothered about Kashmir and let rape, pillage and murder of Hindus in Telangana. Many feel that by the time the Indian Army arrived the internal rebellion aided by communists, drained out Nawab's troops. Nehru and Sardar Patel, were only interested in land grab and not the people. The local revolutionary music even today depicts the Nawab's atrocities. Telangana people are a brave lot. Even today, all we do is we pay GST & taxes while they use South Indian money to feed North states. South states moved from Mughal sultanate to British Raj to Delhi Raj to pay taxes, there is some truth to what KCR, the CM of Telangana says.

[@balajisankarkonakalla313]

How dare you say someone is greater than Nehru in any context?

[@ritikshaw5868]

@@srirampandit584 feed the North? Can you kindly enlighten which state/ region produces the most amount of food crops? Or that the influx of cheap labour and workforce in droves propelled the growth of the southern regions. Also check the tax charts. The largest contributor is Maharashtra and they very well don't consider themselves southern. And others aren't that far behind.

[@ramu27689]

@@srirampandit584 Absolutely! People of Telangana deserve all the credit for fighting back. No one else.

[@karthika560]

Lets not forget that communists raised arms against the army. They only surrendered in 1951

[@kunalpriyadarshi345]

KM Munshi has written a book titled The End of an Era, which is his memoir on his time spent in Hyderabad. Very informative book.

[@kvishweshwarreddy6577]

Where can I get this book ?

[@olah22]

It's liberation of Hyderabad..

[@vivekanandholla6730]

The Razakars were the militant wing of MIM. The Razakars were the storm troopers of MIM. They believed Hyderabad belonged to Muslims as "right of conquest" and were against integrating into the indian union. Razakars committed various atrocities in the name of their religion on non muslim populations as also moderate muslim population. One notable muslim killing is of shoebullah khan who supported integration of Hyderabad to the Indian union in a brutal manner. One of owaisi's forefathers took over MIM. Does the current MIM still believe MIM's core values or believes in the integrity of this Indian nation? A lot of people atleast the Hindu populace, will have a tough time believing so. Times change, people change but scars remain. Statements by the owaisi brothers do not instill confidence on the belief that they wish to be part of India. Thank you for this nice video

[@bereal3095]

Hyderabad has so much content..Finally we get some screen time, Razakar is a very harsh reality, my grand parents had to flee from TG to current “AP(Vijaywada)” to save themselves.( I am secular btw) , facts are facts, cannot deny them.

[@priyenpatel31]

You don't need to call your self liberal to speak the truth.

[@sujalverma8033]

State is secular, how an individual can be secular?? You can say you ain't fundamentalist

[@priyenpatel31]

@@sujalverma8033 now a days there is a fashion to call your self a secular

[@shankares388]

@@priyenpatel31 yet to find other communities calling themselves secular. And in India whether people like it or not they have to be 'secular'

[@tushar-lf8eu]

@@shankares388 only when Hindus are in the majority or else secularism goes to the dustbin when other become the majority

[@AnupInToronto]

My Grandma took refuge in Nashik which was under British Control when my Grandfather was jailed by Nizam forces in Aurangabad prison for 2 years and fined 2000 rs then for sedation..Razakars killed 2 people in my town in Nanded district.

[@debipadananda3203]

You are telling stories of Hyderabad liberation without uttering a word of communist arm struggles. Then you are telling only one side of history with biased mindset.

[@GDevanandreddy]

SARDAR Patel is called Tiger for no reason, now you all know why.

[@yashwanthsreedhara-thenews9521]

There are lot of topics that can be discussed from south 1. Andhra state -> Andhra Pradesh -> AP Post Telangana formation 2. Kurnool - How it lost its capital to Hyderabad 3. Mysore state and growth of Bengaluru 4. Belgaum and it's growth 5. Puducherry 6. Chennai where it belongs to 7. Tirumala - Tirupathi 8. Kerala

[@ady_k]

SG and Printing machine will call it occupation of hyderabad 😅👍

[@Verstoppen69]

yea cuz the abduction, rapes and murders stopped cuz of integration love and mutual respect 🤪

[@kvishweshwarreddy6577]

Nehru was dragging his feet on this the issue of Razakars and the plight of the Hindus. It was Sardar Patel who took leadership after discussions with my grand father KV Ranga Reddy and Burgula Ramakrishna Rao. Reference... Autobiography of KV Ranga Reddy and Biography of Burgula Ramakrishna Rao. ... validated by K M Munshi in his various books and letters.

[@kvishweshwarreddy6577]

KV Ranga Reddy was a lawyer, a Freedom Fighter and later the Dy.CM of Hyderabad State and later the Dy.CM of AP as well.

[@Gappasappa]

Without your grandfather and people like Swami Ramanand Teerth, we would have needed a passport to visit hyderabad and owaisi would have turned all Hindus into Muslims

[@sandeeppamula1698]

kV sir namaste......

[@prashanthreddy3326]

@@kvishweshwarreddy6577 Nice to see you here sir. Can we know this time you will contest from which Assembly seat of Telangana?

[@Publicvoice333]

K. V. Ranga Reddy, is a well-known and respected figure in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The Ranga Reddy District in Andhra Pradesh is named after him, for fighting the Razakars, who were against Hyderabad state to be integrated into independent India.

[@sharadchandakacherla8268]

It was liberation, the murderous Razakars (aimim predecessors) weren’t distributing kaju katli to the victims.

[@haroon420]

Fun fact. Some of the el-edroos family are located in Pakistan. I’m a very close friend of el-edroos. I think it was his great grandfather who mr Gupta was referring too!!! I think they were a Yemeni family. But after at least four generations, I’d say they’re completely Pakistani/Indian. They have not kept their Arab culture. Fascinating how history works.

[@sreenivasanraman3501]

Thanks for giving an insight about Hyderabad . If possible please give few details about mopla movement in Malabar areas of Kerala too.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Sreenivasan, Thanks for the suggestion, we shall look into it.

[@rajp6339]

He will again give a one-sided story absolving the muslims of all the crimes, don't listen to his leftist, liberal twisted stories, far away from the truth.

[@beelikepro]

My Great Grandfather is a Communist ("usually called Annalu means Brother/Saviour") who fought the Razakars at the early age of the '20s. One day, he said that "He saw a man's head being cut while running and the headless body gushing out blood ran for 15 seconds until it struck the Burzu (A small fort-like structure)." Then one of the razakar struck him on the right shoulder with the rifle's stock (backside of gun) when he fell down on his face, luckily he was left to live. That injury pained him until the day he passed.

[@manojsundar5719]

It's not joined. It's liberation

[@parinchheda]

Great episode! Worth making a movie out of it 🙂

[@ramaiahkolluru2971]

Sir it is a good video to make every one in Modern India and Indians staying in Hyderabad particularly to know the history of Hyderabad liberation. Very Many thanks to choosing to speak on Hyderabad liberation/ integration.

[@sivamahesh4262]

Read book Hyderabad diaries by km Munshi, he's the one on ground during this

[@yogeshjs4124]

Where can we get this book ?

[@user-gd7gh9ro7p]

Liberation of Hyderabad from barbaric cult , thankyou INDIAN Police 👏

[@Rabindra_]

20 crore of them still lives in India. even after getting 2 countries.

[@aryanhassan4659]

@@Rabindra_ what are u even saying??? Was india partitioned equally???

[@sourabhmate1411]

मराठवाडा मुक्ती संग्रामाचे नेतृत्व केले स्वामी रामानंद तीर्थ यांनी, गोविंदभाई श्राफ, अनंत भालेराव साथ लाभली अनेक आंदोलकांची, शरण येण्यास तयार नव्हती धूर्त निजाम राजवटशाही, तेव्हा तत्कालीन गृहमंत्री सरदार पटेलांनी केले 'आपरेशन पोलों यशस्वी...मराठवाडा मुक्ती संग्राम दिनाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा

[@catanana]

Any books you might add brother for my knowledge??

[@Dekanalini]

❤ Very Informative, La Pierre gives a fair description of Sardar Patel’s role but you have painted the full Canvas!🙏

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Nalini, Thanks for writing in and tuning to our CTCs!

[@ravikumarsribhashyam8846]

I think Shekharji is being offered membership of AIMIM. There are many slips and inaccuracies. His reliying on Ramacjandra Guha is a give away. Sorry, that if it is 1948, how can it be 75 years.

[@bernadmanny]

It's really interesting to learn more about Indian independence from a more in-depth perspective as even myself who has self read about an assortment of world history has little insight to the complexity of Indian independence, my education was basically the British split up the Raj said 'peace out' and these countries were born fully formed while India particularly was still integrating a number of regions (some more forcefully than others) into itself.

[@varunkumar3051]

Being a Telanganite I got to know my history today which was never taught in our schools, thanks Shekhar Gupta!

[@rajp6339]

He has only peddled half baked and one sided stories.. Read the books End of An Era by KM Munshi, Hyderabad Liberation Saga by VH Desai (published by PV Narasimha Rao's Ramananda teertha Trust). Just read the rest of the comments here, you will know what the truth is.

[@any7334]

I think it's plain stupid to hide behind words. It is the army's duty to protect n save the country from anti nationals. Demolishing the razakaars and removing the Nizam was a duty. No need to be apologetic about it. Don't know why SG wants to play softball on this. As far as AIMIM is concerned plz remember the saying about the leapord's spots. Get it?

[@srinivasamurthy795]

Why Shekhar omitted Razakar atrocities on Hindus..why Shekhar is quoting Ram Guhas book..he is a 'secular' communalist. Shows then talibans that is Razakars as victims..Why MIM actually allowed to reborn again by congresses. Congress created talibans in India under different names . Shekhar omitted it

[@rajp6339]

very true.. it could have been banned totally, but CONgress is khangress, always interested in power at any cost, before nation's interests. we would not have seen this current day taliban in the form of MIM today.

[@ananth224]

My grandmother and her family had to relocate to Bengaluru for about 2 years....just to escape the TERROR of "razakkars"

[@hemantpardikar6298]

My father was in the armed resistance wing of Hydrabad Congress. At 22 he was a bomb expert and used Capstan cigarette as fuse. He exploded bombs in 4 cinemas where razakars used to flock for the night show. He was expert in camouflage of his identity and spoke very good urdu.he also blew up police post at a prominent location. He was caught while trying to sabotage police parade. He was jailed, beaten tortured and court pronounced death sentence. He providential escaped the gallows as operation Polo led to quick implosion of Nizam administration. But it took THREE MONTHS for his release as the records showed that he was a dangerous criminal. He was released only on personal bond of a senior Congress leader (Mr Melkote, who lateron became first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh). After independence, my father did postgraduation and most of his life taught Physics and played bridge. No politics.

[@jam-ss2jc]

Wow! It sounds so much like a movie. I could almost picture everything you wrote here. Good to know that he spent rest of his years peacefully.

[@abhinavheya6289]

You should write a book on this

[@koljoy]

Thank you for leading us to a glimpse of modern history,

[@bhargavaram7461]

I am expecting this coming soon and it happened 😂 👍🏻

[@darshilmashru8479]

Liberation Day has long been celebrated in the Marathwada region (the Marathi-speaking region of the Hyderabad state), as the मराठवाडा मुक्तिदिवस. Goa and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have been celebrating their respective "liberation" from the Portuguese on 19 December and 2 August every year, and the Christians and the Portuguese don't seem to have any problem with it. Then why should Pakistan, the Owaisi family and the Muslims have a problem with calling it "liberation"?

[@devabhishek7188]

I think a major difference is that a substantial no. of Catholics in Goa were active participants in the protests against Portugese. The latter had brutalised new converts during the very long period of inquisition. In Hyderabad, Mr. Owaisi's ancestors were actually oppressors and it serves their interest to whitewash history.

[@mi-eulaT]

True

[@d.dcosta8771]

I'm a Goan Majorly most goans suffered under colonial rule irrespective of religion. They suffered under the zamindar who were Brahmin of both faith. Many Christians fled to Mumbai to escape poverty n distress in Goa That is y non Brahmin Christians fully supported India n are loyal to India

[@aniseedus]

A small pedantic correction, AK-47 did exist in 1948. The 47 refers to 1947, the year the rifle came into existence.

[@theindian2226]

Thanks Mr SG. Immensely insightful discourse

[@mdirtydogg]

Excellent summation of the historic events, Mr Gupta.. Thank you.

[@nationfirst5420]

Hyd Nizam want to be South pakisthan.. SG is too secular 😀😀😀

[@sulemancharania7027]

My family take refuge in Nizam for 10days in 1947 just for fear but return quickly when it found untrue.

[@VikramKumar-wd4dr]

Hyderabad was liberated. Plain and simple.

[@Redcap2003]

Excellent content, and detailed storytelling as always.

[@simpleperson5364]

It was dark history for Hindus. Thanks to Patel ,, at least he resolved it. Hindus are still being oppressed unfortunately in all muslim dominated areas.

[@yj9032]

Indian army also raped and killed lakhs of Muslims, get your facts right.

[@nishant4262]

The screen time that RW Hindi media gives to Owaisi is disastrous for India. He'll only increase his lok sabha share and create mini Pakistan's in India. That buffoon razakar quotes the constitution to establish Sharia above constitution itself. I just hope we don't easily forget the sacrifice that were made for Hyd liberation. The rapes, torture caused by monsters razakars should also be remembered by us.

[@Rabindra_]

Owaisi is just a symptom, the main problem is Islam. Quran and Hadith.

[@aryanhassan4659]

Were you of those buffoonnn who garlanded the Bilkis bano convicts??? Or called them sanskarii??? Gujarat and other riotsss against minorityyyy should never be forgotten....

[@nishant4262]

@@aryanhassan4659 I condemn the courts decision and those who put garland. Any condemnation from your side for Udaipur 2022 beheading, Ajmer rapes by Khadims family? What are your views on 'sar tan se juda' for non-believers? Also your views on Razakaars?

[@aryanhassan4659]

@@nishant4262 yes...I think the razakarsss were pathetic but so is this rsss....you think it's fare for a union minister ( anurag thakur) to speww venommm and do provocativeeee sloganeering againsttt us just bcoz of some electoral gains..??? Also we never make fun of any hindu gods or goddess..but that nupur sharma should always be condemned....she quoted wrong hadithh....I could say such things about Krishna too but we never do that.we in india have limited freedom of speech where we must never disrespect others beliefff.....u thinkk yatii narshinghanand talking about our genocideeeeee is okkk??? You think that Raja of Telangana talking abouttt ra@@ing deaddd muslimm womenn is justified????..truth isss you want to see a hinduuu rashtraaa and eliminatee alll minorities.....

[@nishant4262]

@@aryanhassan4659 Hindu rashtra isnt bad though. It is Islam that raped our culture & not otherwise. Lol! Muslims say a lot of derogatory things about our God's and get away! They play victim card always, like you doing now. You talk about our union ministers, I can call out ten other names from your peaceful community! I honestly request you to move to a country with Shariah laws. That way, you live peacefully among your own. And pls don't talk about secularism, democracy! Wrong hadith? God knows what's right and wrong? You pls quote the right one? Pls also mention the exact age of marriage, if you can?

[@arunrawal4003]

As always , great in-depth analysis for many of us who had surface knowledge. Appreciate you and your team.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Arun, Glad for your response and appreciating our journalism.

[@sauravjaiswal2204]

@@ThePrintIndia you Hippocrates missed to mention woman were raped by redical Razakar army 🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒

[@sanaproper]

Factual correction-Muslim population before 1946 was 8% Muslims.. 1947-48 Muslim population jumped from 8% to 13% under Razakar marauders.. almost 2.5 lakhs Hindus murdered

[@therightgame3]

This was really great, thanks SG. However, you mentioned towards the beginning that partly it was liberation and partly integration. Throughout the podcast I only heard the liberation part but nothing on the integration..

[@catanana]

Man the stories about Razakars and their brutalities in comments, may the people who were plundered and butchered have their soul rest in peace, this is absolutely horrifying.🙏🙏

[@Faith-fj9jt]

That was great hearing from you Shekhar, Hyderabad's history. I heard it for the first time in my 70s. Never even taught in schools in the late 50s and 60s. Thank you.

[@bhoomaiahalishetti2617]

But distorted history

[@rajanigali123]

One should be an idiot to call it as an INTEGRATION because history and people experiences shows clearly that Nizam was ruthless with Hindus and tried his best to join with Pakistan. It was just liberated because of Iron man of India.

[@abansalspslt3679]

Shekharji why only now you have started remembering "liberation" of Hyderabad after not remembering it for so many decades?

[@kishorebonta1105]

yes Its liberation from rapists and murderes - most dangerous people

[@ramachandramthadakapelly6335]

Finally THE PRINT starts recognising SOUTH INDIA… and its Importance in Indian history.👏👏👍

[@naveendoulagar6599]

You could have covered at least few minutes about the atrocities carried out by Razakars. We heard lot of gruesome acts carried out by them from our Grandparents. And no mention of resistance movement?? Is this miss intentional or mistake..?

[@bhoomikarwa3067]

As the saying goes Pakistan is not a territory but STATE OF MIND

[@ArunPunnathatta]

As expected from Mr. Gupta, beautifully neglected the peasants uprising and their fighting spirit, martyrdom and legacy while talking about Hyderabad and Telengana.. Even this was the case when he talked about Telengana in an earlier episode, I think...

[@vedantpandey507]

I wished I had a history teacher such as Guptaji. Excellent story teller

[@Jagadeepkosuri]

At 10:14 , I doubt Hyderabad province of 1947 was larger than today's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana put together