Viceroy of the Deccan

Mughal Empire
Deccan
Mughal Empire Deccan
1636–1948
	Flag Coat of arms
	Khandesh, Bijapur, Berar, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Bidar and Carnatic region
Status	Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798); Princely state of British India (1798–1947); Unrecognised state (1947–1948)
Capital	Aurangabad (1724–1763); Hyderabad (1763–1948)
Official languages	Urdu
Common languages	Telugu ; Urdu ; Marathi ; Kannada ; Tamil ; Konkani ; Malayalam
Government	Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798); Princely State (1798–1950);
Nizam of Hyderabad
• 1724–1748	Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I
Historical era	.
• Established	1636
• Annexation by India	18 September 1948
Currency	Hyderabadi rupee
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Mughal Empire
	Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
Today part of	India

Viceroy of the Deccan (The Governor-General) was the representative of the Mughal emperors in Deccan, Deccan consisted of six Mughal governorates (Subah): Khandesh, Bijapur, Berar, Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Bidar. Carnatic region was sub-Subah administered partly by governor of Bijapur and Hyderabad.^[4]^: 143^[5]^: 95^[6]

The domain of Viceroy of the Deccan extends from the Narmada river in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.^[7] The Aurangabad city was selected as the viceregal capital of Deccan where Aurangzeb resided until his death in 1707 AD, and the Asaf Jah I ruled from the very place until 1750 AD, when his capital was shifted to Hyderabad city and the domain of Viceroy of Deccan was renamed as Hyderabad Deccan.^[8]^: 82

History[]

In 1736 Shah Jahan appointed Aurangzeb as the Viceroy of the Deccan.^[6]

References[]

^ Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 1.
^ Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004), Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 42, ISBN 978-0-415-30787-1
^ Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 7: "'Operation Polo', the code name for the armed invasion of Hyderabad"
^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707–1813. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
^ Roy, Olivier (2011). Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80042-6.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Pandharipande, Reeti; Nadimpally, Lasya (5 August 2017). "A brief history of the Nizams of Hyderabad". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Gurusamy, Mohan (18 October 2016). "Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad". The Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ McInerney, Terence; Kossak, Steven M; Haidar, Navina Najat (2016). Divine Pleasures: Painting from India's Rajput Courts, The Kronos Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588395900.

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[FOOTNOTEBenichou,_Autocracy_to_Integration2000Chapter_1-1] Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 1.

[2] Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004), Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 42, ISBN 978-0-415-30787-1

[FOOTNOTEBenichou,_Autocracy_to_Integration2000Chapter_7-3] Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 7: "'Operation Polo', the code name for the armed invasion of Hyderabad"

[Mehta-4] Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707–1813. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.

[Roy-5] Roy, Olivier (2011). Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80042-6.

[Reeti&Lasya-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Pandharipande, Reeti; Nadimpally, Lasya (5 August 2017). "A brief history of the Nizams of Hyderabad". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[7] Gurusamy, Mohan (18 October 2016). "Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad". The Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[Divine_Pleasures-8] McInerney, Terence; Kossak, Steven M; Haidar, Navina Najat (2016). Divine Pleasures: Painting from India's Rajput Courts, The Kronos Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588395900.

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