Lift of ban on Hyderabad State Congress

Lift of ban on Hyderabad State Congress (3rd July 1946)

• In 1940, Ravi Narayana Reddy and Baddam Yella Reddy founded Communist Party in Hyderabad. Communists consolidated their position in Hyderabad state during 1940-46 and ran parallel governments in rural areas.
• Chattari Nawab, the Political advisor of Nizam suggested him to remove ban on Hyderabad State Congress to counter the domination of Communists. So the ban on HSC was lifted on 3rd July 1946.
• The first meeting of HSC after the lift of ban was held at Musheerabad on 16h June 1947. It was presided over by Swami Ramananda Tirtha. Two important decisions were taken at this meeting.
• They were:

1. Voluntary arrest by refusing to pay taxes.
2. Setting up of a Working Committee against the attacks of the Police and razakars.

• A working Committee was founded with Jamalapuram Kesava Rao as leader. The first officially appointed President of Hyderabad State Congress- Swami Ramananda Tirtha.

They were:

1. Padmaja Naidu
2. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
3. Swami Ramanda Tirtha
4. Kaloji Narayana Rao

• Abid Hasan Saprani, Prof. Shri Suresh Chandra joined Azad Hind Fauz revived by Subhash Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia during the Quit India movement in 1942.
• Konda Lakshman Bapuji was arrested on the charge of attacking the Police.
• William Rushbook, a B.B.C journalist was brought to Hyderabad to write articles in favor of the Nizam to relieve anti- Nizam sentiment in the people.

Union with India

• The Hyderabad State Congress began actively campaigning for the state of Hyderabad to join the Union of India upon independence, which the Nizam was resisting. The State Congress called for 7 August 1947 to be observed as “Join Indian Union” Day.
• Protests, strikes and flag-hoisting broke out across the state, and the Nizam’s government banned the Congress again and conducted mass arrests. The Razakars in turn threatened to mass pogroms against Hindu civilians in Hyderabad and provoke violence across India.
• The crisis continued until September, 1948 when the Indian government authorized the Indian Army to annex Hyderabad that led to massacre of many civilians.

Padmaja Naidu

• Padmaja Naidu was born on 17 November 1900 in Hyderabad.
• Parents- Sarojini Naidu, Muthyala Govindarajulu Naidu
• She participated in active politics from 1930.
• She served as the leader of Swadeshi League which was founded by some youth having progressive ideology in Nizam State.
• When Mahatma Gandhi visited Hyderabad for a second time on 9 March 1934, Padmaja Naidu welcomed him and organized his visit.
• Padmaja Naidu participated in the Quit India movement (1942) and unfurled the Congress flag on the British Residency in Hyderabad. So the Nizam government arrested her.
• In 1950, she was elected to the Indian Parliament for a term of two years.
• She was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in 1956 and held that office for 10 years. She provided rehabilitation for Bangladesh migrants to India during the Bangladesh war. Padmaja Naidu donated her jewelry to the National Defence Fund during the war with China She edited a journal named One World.
• She published her collection of poetry with the name The feather of
• She was also associated with the Red Cross and was the chair of the Indian Red Cross from 1071 to 1972.
• Padmaja Naidu passed away on 29 August 1979 at Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi.

 Abid Hasan Safrani

• Abid Hasan Safrani was the creator of the slogan Jai Hind. He was born in 1912 in an aristocratic family in Hyderabad. His mother Fakrunzísa Begum was the first woman of Hyderabad who burned foreign made clothes. She was called as Ammazan by renowned national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and others. In 1925, Abid Hasan’s brother Badhirul Hasan worked in the Young India journal started by Gandhiji.
• After graduating from Cambridge University, he reached Sabarmati Ashram in 1931 and participated in Dandi Salt Satyagraha and spent 1 year in prison. When Abid Hasan was living in Sabarmati Ashram, he convinced Gandhiji to add the words Eswar Allah Tere naam in Raghupathi Raghava prayer. After being released from prison, he went to Germany to study engineering.
• The establishment, name, flag, script and salutation of an independent government in India were discussed when Subhash Chandra Bose was in Germany. Bose wanted the soldiers to stand together and fight for an integrated India, and for starters, he wanted a common greeting which would unify them. Abid initially came up with a simple ‘hello’. When that was rejected, he coined Jai Hindustan ki’, which ultimately became the shorter Jai Hind. Safrani served as the second Commandant when the Indian National Army crossed Rangoon border and entered India.
• When Sardar Fanillal was the Indian Ambassador in China, Safrani worked as first secretary in his office. He served as Indian Ambassador in Denmark during 1967-69 and retired. He passed away on 11 April at an age of 73.