Hyderabad: Just days before the Telangana Liberation Day, the State government appears to have decided on including the contributions of the Asafjahi rulers, particularly the 7 Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, in school syllabus. Government is keen on introducing lessons on the erstwhile rulers in the school syllabus from 1 to 10 classes.
A hint of this was given by Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mehmood Ali the other day while participating in the 48 death anniversary of the last Nizam.
Offering floral tributes at the grave of the Nizam at Masjide Judi, King Koti, he said the role of Mir Osman Ali Khan in the development of Telangana couldn’t be ignored. The TRS government would like to include all his ‘achievements’ in the school syllabus to promote the ‘ganga-jamuni tehzeeb’ of Telangana, the Deputy Chief Minister remarked.
Both the 6 and 7 Nizam played a key role in development of the State, particularly in fostering communal harmony. While, the last Nizam gave donations to the Aligarh Muslim University, he made an equally handsome offer to the Hindu Benaras University. “He considered Hindus and Muslims as his two eyes,” Mr. Mehmood Ali said.
He tried to draw a parallel between the secular credentials of the Nizam and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao by pointing out how Maharaja Kishan Pershad was made the Prime Minister and Venkatram Reddy as the Kotwal. And in the same way now, Mr. Rao made him the Deputy Chief Minister.
He appealed to Prince Mukkaram Jah Bahadur, the grandson of Nizam, to settle down in Hyderabad and assured all facilities by the TRS government.
Mr. Mehmood Ali recalled the numerous institutions built by the Nizam in the city and said even after the decline of the Asafjahi dynasty, he continued his welfare activities for the people. The Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences was built by him after the merger of Hyderabad State in the Indian Union. “The TRS government is keen to promote the composite culture of Telangana as this alone would be the best tribute to the erstwhile rulers,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.
