Hyderabad after integration Indian annexation of Hyderabad
(from left right): prime minister jawaharlal nehru, nizam vii , jayanto nath chaudhuri after hyderabad s accession india
the indian military detained thousands of people during operation, including razakars, hindu militants, , communists. largely done on basis of local informants, used opportunity settle scores. estimated number of people detained close 18,000, resulted in overcrowded jails , paralyzed criminal system.
the indian government set special tribunals prosecute these. these resembled colonial governments earlier, , there many legal irregularities, including denial or inability access lawyers , delayed trials - red cross pressuring nehru.
the viewpoint of government was: in political physics, razakar action , hindu reaction have been equal , opposite. quiet decision taken release hindus , review of muslim cases, aiming let many of them out. regarding atrocities muslims, nehru sympathetic hyderabadi culture, , considered actions during operation madness seizing decent people , analogous experience elsewhere during partition of india. nehru concerned disenfrachised muslims join communists. patel opposed viewpoint, treating penal action restoring law , order, , signaling there no partiality towards muslims.
the government under pressure not prosecute participants in communal violence, made communal relations worse. patel had died in 1950. thus, 1953 indian government released few persons.
overhaul of bureaucracy
the question of hindu-muslim balance in bureaucracy sensitive one. muslims had predominated in executive, police , administrative services. before invasion, indian cabinet, nehru s leadership, decided there few changes possible. however, patel, had well-known rivalry nehru, ran ministry little consultation indian cabinet. initial plans not followed after invasion, partly due different ideas @ various levels of administration. on hundred officers dismissed on ethnic basis, levels, , many local officers detained role in violence. pattern seen in new hirings well.
junior officers neighbouring bombay, cp , madras regions appointed replace vacancies. unable speak language , unfamiliar local conditions. nehru objected communal chauvinism , called them incompetent outsiders , , tried impose hyderabadi residency requirements: however, circumvented using forged documents.
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