State of Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan
1724–1948
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Hyderabad (dark green) and Berar Province, not a part of Hyderabad State but also the Nizam's Dominion between 1853 and 1903 (light green)
Status	Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798) Princely state of British India (1798–1947) Unrecognised state (1947–1948)
Capital	Aurangabad (1724–1763) Hyderabad (1763–1948)
Official languages	Persian (1724–1886) Urdu (1886–1948)
Common languages	Telugu (48.2%) Marathi (26.4%) Kannada (12.3%) Urdu (10.3%)
Religion	Hinduism (81%) Islam (13% and State Religion) Christianity and others (6%) (spread among Anglo-Indian population expanding to Secunderabad and Hyderabad)
Government	Independent/Mughal Successor State (1724–1798) Princely State (1798–1950)
Nizam of Hyderabad
• 1720–48	Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (first)
• 1911–56	Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (last, also was Rajpramukh from 1950)
Prime Minister
• 1724–1730	Iwaz Khan (first)
• 1947–1948	Mir Laiq Ali (Last)
Historical era	.
•	1724
• Telangana Rebellion	1946
•	18 September 1948
• States Reorganisation Act	1 November 1956
Area
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Population
• 1941	16,338,534
Currency	Hyderabadi rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by Mughal Empire Maratha Empire Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
Today part of	India

Hyderābād and Berar (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు, Urdu: حیدر آبادcode: ur is deprecated ) under the Nizams, was the largest Princely state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. The Berar region of present-day Vidarbha in Maharashtra was merged with the Central Provinces in 1903, to form Central Provinces and Berar.