When India attained independence, the Hyderabad Nizam was not ready to integrate his Kingdom with India. This enraged the common people who launched agitation against the Nizam. The leadership was provided by Swami Ramanandathirtha. Sardar Sharanagowda Inamdar, Shivamurthy Alavandi, Shiruru Veerabhadrappa, Prabhuraja Patil Sanganala, Pundaleekappa were leading the agitation against the Nizam. The government of Nizam started harassing the common people. The people revolted against the private army of the Nizam known as Razaks. The central government of India under took direct action against the Nizam and annexed it to India on September 17th, 1948. Then, Sardar Vallabhabai Patel was the Home Minister and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India.
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