Women were discriminated not only in the Nizam’s rule but also in entire India.
Mainly in a feudal society like Hyderabad, the rulers, nobility, nawabs, zamindars and many others had many wives as a symbol of their status. Muslim Sahriyat allows four wives.
Influenced by it, higher sections in Hindus also resorted to polygyny,.
But it was reduced in the 20th century by the efforts of social reformers, organizations and the government of India.
