It was the month of February 1949. The liberator of the state of Hyderábád, Sardár Pat̟el had come to the state.

When Nizám came and met him, Pat̟el urged him to forget the past and join hands to work for the good, for the welfare of all. In reply, Nizám started saying that this was the golden rule that had guided his rule as well. That he always worked for the welfare of all his subjects without discrimination. Hindús and Muslims were as dear to him as his two eyes. Pat̟el did not contradict him initially, but when Nizám began to repeat it, left with no other option, he called Menon, his secretary, and asked him to read out those lines from works written by the Nizám himself that truly reflected the philosophy of the Nizám.

The secretary immediately read out the following lines

“सलातीने सल्फ़ सब हो गए नज़रे अजल उस्माँ | मुसलमानों का तेरी सल्तनत से है निशां बाकी ||

All ancient ancestral empires have been lost to the sight of time, Osmán!

The mark of Musalmáns remains today only because of your sultanate.

            “बंद नाकूस हुआ सुन के नारए तकबीर ज़लज़ला आ ही गया रिश्तए जुन्नार पर”

The cries of ‘Alláho Akbar’ have silenced the blowing of the conch.

It is as if pralaya has descended upon those who wear the thread and tuft.

This was the true picture of the mind and heart of the Nizám.

Excerpt from the book : Liberation Struggle of Hyderabad, Some Unknown Pages