White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 11/Establishment of Constitutional Relationship with Hyderabad State

White Paper on Indian States (1950)
Ministry of States, Government of India
Establishment of Constitutional Relationship with Hyderabad State
2641289White Paper on Indian States (1950) — Establishment of Constitutional Relationship with Hyderabad StateMinistry of States, Government of India

Establishment of constitutional relationship with Hyderabad State.

222. The State of Hyderabad did not accede to the Dominion of India, although the Standstill Agreement entered into by the Nizam with the Dominion in November 1947, ensuring virtual accession of the State in respect of Defence, External Affairs and Communications continued till the enforcement of the new Constitution, by virtue of the Nizam's letter dated the 18th November 1948. The Government of India have respectedly declared that the political future of the State and its relationship with India are matters to be decided by the people of the State. Arrangements are being made for constituting in the State a legislature elected on the basis of adult franchise, to enable the people of the State to decide its political future. In the meantime the Nizam has issued a Proclamation (Appendix LIV) recognising the necessity of entering into a constitutional relationship with the Union of India, and accepting the Constitution framed by the Constituent Assembly of India as the Constitution for the State of Hyderabad. The Proclamation makes it clear that the decision taken by the Nizam is subject to the confirmation of the people, whose will, as expressed through the Constituent Assembly of the State, must finally determine the nature of the State's relationship with the Centre as also the Constitution of the State itself.