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Aug 5, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
An Index to my Threads: ImageImageImageImage
Thread on Formation of Land on Earth, in the context of the Indian Subcontinent.

Rest in Peace, Brave Ones.

The Charge of the 16 Bihar.. Image
Thread on floods in Hyderabad Oct 2020.

Thread on Sir Mokshgundam Visvesvaraya's work in protecting Hyderabad from floods, and in providing modern infrastructure in the city.

A mini thread on a place name in Secunderabad.

Raiganj.
A thread on the #ChamoliDisaster

On the title track of Bharat Ek Khoj..

The Story of Secunderabad.

Mega thread.

The saga of how Ashoka, India's forgotten Emperor, was rediscovered in the 19th century.

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Dec 24, 2022
Today's TOI Hyderabad has an article by
@SyedAkbarTOI, on how Dr Rajendra Prasad initiated the tradition of the annual southern sojourn of the President of India in Secunderabad.

The story of how the Bolarum Residency became Rashtrapathi Nilayam, however, has more twists!
The premises today called "Rashtrapathi Nilayam" was constructed by the 4th Nizam, Nasir-ud-Dowlah, in 1860. The British were allowed to use it as the country house of the "British Resident".
The Resident then actually stayed in the Chadarghat Residency - today's Koti Women's College - so that he could conveniently keep an eye on the goings-on in the Nizam's Court at Chow Mohalla - across the Musi River.
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Oct 2, 2022
There was an India angle to Congo's freedom from Belgium.

After Congo gained Independence on 30 June 1960, Patrice Lumumba was elected President. Almost immediately the southern province of Katanga seceded. Belgium supported the secessionist leader Moise Tshombe because...
... Belgian companies extracting minerals there.

At Lumumba's urging, in July the UNSC passed a resolution asking Belgium to withdraw its forces from Congo. It also sent UN forces, to control the secession, but they were unsuccessful.

Lumumba appealed to USSR...
UN Secy Genl Dag Hammarskjöld appointed Indian diplomat Rajeshwar Dayal as special representative,

Lumumba's appeal to the USSR led to US become opposed to Lumumba. US got the Congolese President to dismiss Lumumba. Col Mobutu took over military control...
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Sep 9, 2022
1/
 V P Menon, Secy, Min of States, was the man tasked by Sardar Patel to ensure the union of Princely States with India.

Menon later wrote a book on how 500+ Princely States became part of India. He titled this definitive account The History of the Integration of Indian States
2/
 Why this particular title?

To answer this it is necessary to understand the relationship between the Government of (British) India and the Princely States as it existed in 1947.
3/
 Menon recounts:

"..on 20 February 1947, Prime Minister Attlee made a declaration in the House of Commons in the course of which he set a date not later than June 1948 by which Britain would transfer power to responsible Indian hands".
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Jul 4, 2022
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A Thread on digitalisation of Indian languages.

A development which allows millions to use intelligent devices in their native language!

(This one is close to my heart, because it involves pioneering work done at my alma mater @IITKanpur, and my first employer @CMCLtd)
2/70
Warning:
This is a long Thread, of about 70 tweets.

It starts with a bit of a deep dive into the common features of Indian scripts, identifies the issues for digitalisation and then describes pioneering solutions and pioneering workers.
3/70
I have stressed more on people and work which I was privileged to see first hand. But there were many other significant contributors. Collective work has brought us where we are today.

(Please add details of work which I have missed out, in the Comments).

Let's roll!
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Mar 15, 2022
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A Thread on ownership of public lands in Secunderabad Cantonment - in the context of recent statements by @TelanganaCMO and Minister MAUD @KTRTRS on Cantonment issues.
2/30
Speaking in State Assembly, #Telangana Min MAUD K T Rama Rao @KTRTRS strongly criticised hurdles being placed in developing nalas in military areas of the twin cities.

He also criticised road closures by the Army in Secunderabad Cantonment.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad…
3/30
The next day Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao @TelanganaCMO claimed in the Assembly that public lands in the cantonment and military areas are owned by Telangana State.

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Mar 3, 2022
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Thread on a most historic land reform:

The Princely State of Hyderabad had an area of over 2,10,000 sq km in 1948, when Operation Polo merged it with India.

(This is double the area of England, and only a bit less than the area of today's UP).
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In 1948, about 10% of this land – more than 20,000 sq km - was directly owned by one person.

The 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali.

The lands directly owned by Nizam were called Sarf-e-Khas lands.
3/21
Another 30% of the land was in the hands of about 1100 "jagirdars".

Unlike "zamindars" in the rest of India however, "jagirdars" in Hyderabad were only allowed to occupy land and collect land revenue.

They did not own jagir lands, which, ultimately, belonged to the Nizam.
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