Crisis Phase (August 15, 1947-July 23, 1948): The Muslim principality of Hyderabad rejected accession to India following that country’s independence from Britain on August 15, 1947. Hyderabad declared its independence from India in August 1947. Government and Hyderabad representatives held bilateral negotiations between November 1947 and June 17, 1948. The government suspended air links with Hyderabad on July 2, 1948.
Conflict Phase (July 24, 1948-September 24, 1948): Government troops and Muslim rebels (Razakars) from Hyderabad clashed near the village of Nanaj on July 24, 1948, resulting in the deaths of 30 Razakars. Government troops and Razakars clashed near the village of Yelsangi on August 5, 1948, resulting in the deaths of 25 Razakars. Prime Minister Mir Laik Ali of Hyderabad referred the matter to the United Nations (UN) Security Council on August 24, 1948. Government troops and Razakars clashed near the village of Khainur on August 26-27, 1948, resulting in the deaths of 17 Razakars. Some 30,000 government troops commanded by Major-General J. N. Chaudhuri invaded the state on September 13, 1948. Hyderabad referred the matter to the UN Security Council on September 13, 1948, but India rejected UN involvement in the dispute. Muslim rebels surrendered to government troops on September 17, 1948, and government troops took control of the state on September 24, 1948. Some 2,200 individuals, including 1,400 Razakars and 807 government soldiers, were killed during the conflict.
Post-Conflict Phase (September 25, 1948-November 24, 1949): Hyderabad withdrew the matter from the UN Security Council on September 23, 1948. India established a military government headed by Major-General Chaudhuri in Hyderabad on October 18, 1948. Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) became a state in the Indian republic on November 24, 1949.
[Sources: Bercovitch and Jackson, 1997, 61-62; Brecher and Wilkenfeld, 1997, 168-169; Butterworth, 1976, 111-112; Keesing’s Record of World Events, January 3-10, 1948, July 31-August 7, 1948, September 25-October 2, 1948, October 30-November 6, 1948, December 10-17, 1949; Tillema, 1991, 225.]