In thousands of villages and towns of Hyderabad State, Tricolour was hoisted on August 15th, 1947.

It was the open defiance of the people of Hyderabad to the Nizam’s orders threatening with three years imprisonment for all those who hoisted the Tricolour.

This historical pamphlet gives the story of the Hyderabad People’s struggle during 1946-47, analyzing the political and economic factors that have moved them into action.

In the changed political conditions, it would be enlightening to re-read history as told by an important actor on the stage of the past.