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Examine the role of the Asaf Jahi Dynasty in the political transformation of the State of Hyderabad.

  • UPSC 2024
  • The Eighteenth Century

The Asaf Jahi Dynasty, or Nizams of Hyderabad, transformed a Mughal provincial governorship into one of the largest and most durable princely states of British India.

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  • Founding Autonomy from Mughal Decline
  • Consolidating Administration and Nobility
  • Subsidiary Alliance and Colonial Politics
  • Economic Development and Cultural Patronage
  • Religious Accommodation and Social Policy
  • Modernization and Its Political Limits
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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