Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (died 1967)

Mir Osman Ali Khan

Last and 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, 1911–1948

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad State, the largest state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and ruled the State of Hyderabad between until 1948, when the Indian Union annexed it. He…