<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Hyderabad, the princely state of Nizam, 80% of the stateâs land was owned by the Hindus and from 95 - 97% of state revenue was derived from the Hindus. Hindus were overtaxed. And how was this revenue spent:
During the 1930s the Ecclesiastical Dept. spent an annual average of Rs. 300,000 on Islamic charities, Rs. 15,000 on Christian charities and Rs. 3000 on Hindus charities. Other large sums were expended on Islamic institutions abroad.
Between 1926 and 1932 RS. 10,000,000 was given to Aligarh University, Rs. 500,000 to London Mosque, Rs. 100,000 to Jama masjid in Delhi, Rs. 100,000 to a mosque in Palestine, Rs. 80,000 to a Muslim association in Turkey, and Rs. 232,000 to the travelling expenses of Muslims going to Mecca.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Diwan Jarmani Das in 'Maharaja', wrote a chapter on the then Nizam, in which he also described how Nizam used to usurp Money, especially from Hindu. One example he mentioned goes like this. Once the king from datia state sent as gift to nizam, a train-wagon full of ghee. Nizam (who was a top rank miser) never consumed the ghee nor gave it away, therefore in a few months it started rotting in his kitchens. Finally, when odour became unbearable, he asked prime minister raja kishan parsad to sell the rotten ghee to all the temples in hyderabad and surrounding, and collect the going price. (Kotwal of hyderabad a Reddy and PM kishan parsad purchased the ghee from their pockets and disposed it off)
The bigot was once humbled by Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya the founder of BHU. As per another tale that I had come across, Engineer Viswesaraiya had also humbled the bigot by making him perform a grand puja along with his ministers and women, to mother godavari.
During the 1930s the Ecclesiastical Dept. spent an annual average of Rs. 300,000 on Islamic charities, Rs. 15,000 on Christian charities and Rs. 3000 on Hindus charities. Other large sums were expended on Islamic institutions abroad.
Between 1926 and 1932 RS. 10,000,000 was given to Aligarh University, Rs. 500,000 to London Mosque, Rs. 100,000 to Jama masjid in Delhi, Rs. 100,000 to a mosque in Palestine, Rs. 80,000 to a Muslim association in Turkey, and Rs. 232,000 to the travelling expenses of Muslims going to Mecca.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Diwan Jarmani Das in 'Maharaja', wrote a chapter on the then Nizam, in which he also described how Nizam used to usurp Money, especially from Hindu. One example he mentioned goes like this. Once the king from datia state sent as gift to nizam, a train-wagon full of ghee. Nizam (who was a top rank miser) never consumed the ghee nor gave it away, therefore in a few months it started rotting in his kitchens. Finally, when odour became unbearable, he asked prime minister raja kishan parsad to sell the rotten ghee to all the temples in hyderabad and surrounding, and collect the going price. (Kotwal of hyderabad a Reddy and PM kishan parsad purchased the ghee from their pockets and disposed it off)
The bigot was once humbled by Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya the founder of BHU. As per another tale that I had come across, Engineer Viswesaraiya had also humbled the bigot by making him perform a grand puja along with his ministers and women, to mother godavari.