Tag: Nizam

New Delhi : Many of the larger Princely States tinkered with the idea of remaining independent in the run-up to Independence. The dramatis personae who thought of this third Dominion or Princestan idea were principally the Nawab of Bhopal, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, egged on by the Nizam of Hyderabad, Maharaja of Kashmir and Maharaja of Travancore. The feudal princes were clear in their minds — why join either of the new Dominions on offer, stay out of the ambit. So Hari Singh in Kashmir thought of Dogristan,...