Accession of Hyderabad | 109 hours of battle of wits and weapons

Sept 13, 4 a.m.: “The Government of Hyderabad having declined to accede to the Government of India’s request to disband the Razakars and to facilitate the return of Indian troops to Secunderabad for t

Sept 13, 4 a.m.: “The Government of Hyderabad having declined to accede to the Government of India’s request to disband the Razakars and to facilitate the return of Indian troops to Secunderabad for the restoration of law and order in the state, Indian troops crossed the State border at 4 a.m. today.”

Sept 13, 5 a.m.: Bidar and Warangal airfields bombed. Gulbarga straffed from air. Simultaneously, Indian Army entered Hyderabad state from Sholapur in the west, Bezwada (older name of Vijayawada) in the east, subsidiary advances were made from north-west on Aurangabad and in the north-east from Chanda (older name of Chandrapur).

Sept 13, 8 a.m.: Lt. T.T. Moore an ex- British Army commando in service of Hyderabad forces is captured with a Jeep loaded with dynamite while on his way to the Naldurg bridge, the key bridgehead over the Bori river.