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- India seized Hyderabad in Operation Polo from September 13 to September 17, 1948.
- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told the Constituent Assembly on September 7, 1948 that Hyderabad could not be independent.
- Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel wrote to Nehru on June 4, 1948 urging restraint in Hyderabad’s accession.
- The Nizam’s government paid $48,000 (INR20 lakhs) yearly to United Press of America for Hyderabad news.