Hyderabad State: Difference between revisions
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Baptisms,Marriages and Burials-Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, N/5. | Baptisms,Marriages and Burials-Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, N/5. | ||
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''List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's dominions'' :with biographical notes by O.S. Crofton.. Hyderabad, Published under the authority of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Govt., 1941. Available at the [[British Library]]. | ''List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's dominions'' :with biographical notes by O.S. Crofton.. Hyderabad, Published under the authority of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Govt., 1941. Available at the [[British Library]].<br> | ||
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1257628536 thread] gives the names of the cemeteries in 1939, probably taken from the previous book. | |||
===LDS Microfilms=== | ===LDS Microfilms=== | ||
A keyword search in the [[LDS]] Library Catalogue for Hyderabad shows [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Hyderabad&prekeyword=Hyderabad entries] | A keyword search in the [[LDS]] Library Catalogue for Hyderabad shows [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Hyderabad&prekeyword=Hyderabad entries] | ||
Revision as of 05:19, 8 November 2009
Hyderabad State, also referred to as the Nizam's Dominions was the largest of the Princely states. Not a part of British India, it was ruled by a Nizam (a hereditary position) from 1724 to 1948.
The state had borders with the Madras Presidency to the south, the Bombay Presidency to the west and Berar and the Central Provinces to the north. Its capital was the city of Hyderabad.
Records
British Library Records
Baptisms,Marriages and Burials-Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, N/5.
Books
List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's dominions :with biographical notes by O.S. Crofton.. Hyderabad, Published under the authority of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Govt., 1941. Available at the British Library.
This India List thread gives the names of the cemeteries in 1939, probably taken from the previous book.
LDS Microfilms
A keyword search in the LDS Library Catalogue for Hyderabad shows entries
External links
Historical books online
- The Nizam: his History and Relations with the British Government by Henry George Briggs 1861 Volume 1, Archive.org Volume 2, Google Books
- Our Faithful Ally The Nizam by Captain Hastings Fraser 1865 Google Books