The night my family miraculously escaped Hyderabad Deccan for Pakistan
My mother’s family lived in Hyderabad Deccan in a beautiful house commissioned by my nana abba, Syed Taqquidin, then the Finance Secretary to the Nizam of Hyderabad...
History: Two countries, shared traumasWanting to maintain its independence, the Nizam of Hyderabad went against British advice and refused to accede his state to either India or Pakistan...