K.M. Munshi provides a detailed and disturbing account of the pathetic plight of the majority Hindus under the oppressive rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad. This story finds little or no mention in mainstream histories of the Nizamite Hyderabad and deserves to be told and retold.
The first part of a revealing historical account of K.M. Munshi's stay and experiences in the erstwhile Princely State of Hyderabad as the Agent-General appointed by the Government of independent India.
Ancient India vanished with the arrival of the barbaric Turkish Muslim hordes most notably led by the Islamic zealot and the proud destroyer of Hindu temples, Mahmud of Ghazni. He