Report of The States Reorganisation Commission. 23. Februar 1955, Part III. Proposals for Reorganisation: V. Hyderabad, S.101 (englisch, archive.org [PDF] Originaltext des Zitats: „There has been a general demand, with popular support behind it, that the State should be disintegrated on the basis of linguistic and cultural affinity. This demand does not rest merely on linguistic grounds. It has been argued, that States like Bombay, Madras and Madhya Pradesh, though heterogeneous in character, have achieved a fair measure of progress and have acquired considerable experience in the working of the democratic form of government. In the case of Hyderabad, however, it is contended that the State has long been an artificial political unit and that the progress of the people who have remained backward cannot be accelerated unless its three component regions are attached to more advanced units. This step is also said to be necessary for the liquidation of the undemocratic tradition which, it is stated, is still deep-rooted in this State. […] It is important to bear in mind that the three areas of Hyderabad known as Telangana, Karnataka and Marathwada were substantially united only under the authority of the Asaf Jahi dynasty. This unity was not based on a free association of the people, but rested on the weak foundation of personal rule. With the democratisation of the State, this superimposed and superficial unity has already broken down in effect. […] The common culture of Hyderabad, like the unity of the State, is something that has been imposed from above. It is apparent, if at all, only in important towns and in no way represents a common pattern of living among the people of Hyderabad. Outside the city of Hyderabad, and to a lesser degree Aurangabad, Bidar and Gulbarga there is little that could be called a common culture.“).
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Taylor C. Sherman: The integration of the princely state of Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1948-56. In: Indian economic & social history review. Band44, Nr.4. Sage Publications, 2007, S.489–516, doi:10.1177/001946460704400404 (englisch, lse.ac.uk).
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Election Results – Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission (Indische Wahlkommission), abgerufen am 28. Oktober 2015 (englisch, Wahlergebnisse sämtlicher indischer Wahlen zur Lok Sabha und zu den Parlamenten der Bundesstaaten seit der Unabhängigkeit).
Taylor C. Sherman: The integration of the princely state of Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1948-56. In: Indian economic & social history review. Band44, Nr.4. Sage Publications, 2007, S.489–516, doi:10.1177/001946460704400404 (englisch, lse.ac.uk).
