Viceroy of the Deccan

Viceroy of the Deccan (The Governor-General) was the representative of the Mughal emperors in Deccan, Deccan consisted of six Mughal governorates (Subah): Khandesh, Bijapur, Berar, Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Bidar. Carnatic region was sub-Subah administered partly by governor of Bijapur and Hyderabad.[4]: 143 [5]: 95 [6]

Mughal Empire
Deccan
1636–1948
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Khandesh, Bijapur, Berar, Aurangabad, Hyderabad, Bidar and Carnatic region
StatusIndependent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798)
Princely state of British India (1798–1947)
Unrecognised state (1947–1948)
CapitalAurangabad (1724–1763)
Hyderabad (1763–1948)
Official languagesUrdu
Common languagesTelugu
Urdu
Marathi
Kannada
Tamil
Konkani
Malayalam
GovernmentIndependent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798)[1][2]
Princely State (1798–1950)
Nizam of Hyderabad 
• 1724–1748
Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I
Historical era.
• Established
1636
18 September 1948
CurrencyHyderabadi rupee
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
Today part ofIndia

The domain of Viceroy of the Deccan extends from the Narmada river in the North to Trichinopoly in the South and Masulipatnam in the east to Bijapur in the west.[7] The Aurangabad city was selected as the viceregal capital of Deccan where Aurangzeb resided until his death in 1707 AD, and the Asaf Jah I ruled from the very place until 1750 AD, when his capital was shifted to Hyderabad city and the domain of Viceroy of Deccan was renamed as Hyderabad Deccan.[8]: 82 

History

In 1636 Shah Jahan appointed Aurangzeb as the Viceroy of the Deccan.[6]

Further reading

The Mughal Empire and the Deccan-Economic factors and consequences, by Shireen Moosvi-(1982), Published by: Indian History Congress, as Proceedings of the Indian History Congress-Volume 43 (1982)

References
  1. Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 1.
  2. Bose, Sugata; Jalal, Ayesha (2004), Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy (Second ed.), Routledge, p. 42, ISBN 978-0-415-30787-1
  3. Benichou, Autocracy to Integration 2000, Chapter 7: "'Operation Polo', the code name for the armed invasion of Hyderabad"
  4. Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707–1813. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
  5. Roy, Olivier (2011). Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-80042-6.
  6. Pandharipande, Reeti; Nadimpally, Lasya (5 August 2017). "A brief history of the Nizams of Hyderabad". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. Gurusamy, Mohan (18 October 2016). "Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad". The Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  8. McInerney, Terence; Kossak, Steven M; Haidar, Navina Najat (2016). Divine Pleasures: Painting from India's Rajput Courts, The Kronos Collections. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588395900.
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