HYDERABAD CONTROVERSY TAKES A MORE POSITIVE FORM

Morarji Desai, Minister for Home Affairs in the Province of Bombay, looking through field-glasses into the State of Hyderabad from the neigh...

Morarji Desai, Minister for Home Affairs in the Province of Bombay, looking through field-glasses into the State of Hyderabad from the neighborhood of Nanaj village, which has fallen into the hands of Indian forces. The dispute between Hyderabad and India, with implications just as serious as the India-Pakistan  dispute, seems at the time of writing to be entering upon a new and dangerous phase. Speaking in the Indian Parliament recently, Sardar Patel said that an independent Hyderabad, pursuing its own policies, would be a standing threat to the progress of India.

Courtesy : The Sphare 21st August 1948