Mir Laiq Ali (died 24 October 1971) was the last
Prime Minister of Hyderabad State
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This article lists the prime ministers of the Hyderabad State.
In 1919, Asaf Jah VII ordered the formation of the Executive Council of Hyderabad, presided by Sir Sayyid Ali Imam, and with eight other members, each in charge of one o ...
under the rule of the
Nizam
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
s. His official title was "President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad".
Career
Mir Laik Ali was an engineer and an industrialist. He served as the
Prime Minister of Hyderabad State
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This article lists the prime ministers of the Hyderabad State.
In 1919, Asaf Jah VII ordered the formation of the Executive Council of Hyderabad, presided by Sir Sayyid Ali Imam, and with eight other members, each in charge of one o ...
from November 1947 until the
Operation Polo
Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the then newly independent Dominion of India against Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-rule ...
"police action" of September 1948. During his tenure he struggled to maintain Hyderabad's status as an independent country.
After the defeat of the Hyderabadi defense forces and merger of Hyderabad into the Union of India, he was kept under house arrest at his home in Begumpet. In March 1950 he left forever to Pakistan. In Pakistan he served in the government.
He died in New York on 24 October 1971, while on an official assignment on behalf of Pakistan, and was laid to rest in the holy city of
Medina
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,
Saudi Arabia
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.
See also
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Operation Polo
Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the then newly independent Dominion of India against Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-rule ...
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Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 — 24 February 1967), was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Hyderabad, the largest princely state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of ...
Bibliography
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Tragedy of Hyderabad
Tragedy of Hyderabad is a history book written by the Last Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Mir Laik Ali. The book was written and published in 1962 by Mir Laik Ali who was on exile in Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Repu ...
by Mir Laik Ali
References
External links
How Hyderabad's Last Premiere fled
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20th-century Indian Muslims
Muhajir people
1970 deaths
Prime Ministers of Hyderabad State
1903 births
Hyderabad State independence activists