The Book
This book tells of the events which led, in September 1949, to the integration of the Princely State of Hyderabad — the largest and the richest of the Princely States — into the Indian Union. The author questions the nature and popularity of the annexation of Hyderabad and attempts to answer sensitive questions through a detailed study of the crucial decade of 1938–48.The Author(s)
BENICHOU, LUCIEN. D., took his doctorate from the University of Western Australia and lives in Australia.