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On 4 September the Prime Minister of Hyderabad [[Mir Laiq Ali]] announced to the Hyderabad Assembly that a delegation was about to leave for [[Lake Success, New York|Lake Success]], headed by [[Moin Nawaz Jung]].{{sfn|Benichou, Autocracy to Integration|2000|p=230}} The Nizam also appealed, without success, to the British [[Labour Government 1945–1951|Labour Government]] and to [[George VI of the United Kingdom|the King]] for assistance, to fulfill their obligations and promises to Hyderabad by "immediate intervention". Hyderabad only had the support of [[Winston Churchill]] and the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].{{sfn|Benichou, Autocracy to Integration|2000|p=231}} | On 4 September the Prime Minister of Hyderabad [[Mir Laiq Ali]] announced to the Hyderabad Assembly that a delegation was about to leave for [[Lake Success, New York|Lake Success]], headed by [[Moin Nawaz Jung]].{{sfn|Benichou, Autocracy to Integration|2000|p=230}} The Nizam also appealed, without success, to the British [[Labour Government 1945–1951|Labour Government]] and to [[George VI of the United Kingdom|the King]] for assistance, to fulfill their obligations and promises to Hyderabad by "immediate intervention". Hyderabad only had the support of [[Winston Churchill]] and the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].{{sfn|Benichou, Autocracy to Integration|2000|p=231}} | ||
[[File:OsmanNehruJN.jpg|thumb|220px|(From left to right): Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Osman Ali Khan|Nizam VII]] and army chief [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] after Hyderabad's accession to India]] | [[File:OsmanNehruJN.jpg|thumb|220px|(From left to right): Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Osman Ali Khan|Nizam VII]] and army chief [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] after Hyderabad's accession to India]] | ||
At 4 a.m. on 13 September 1948, India's Hyderabad Campaign, code-named "[[Operation Polo]]" by the [[Indian Army]], began. Indian troops invaded Hyderabad from all points of the compass. On 13 September 1948, the Secretary-General of the Hyderabad Department of External Affairs in a cablegram informed the United Nations Security Council that Hyderabad was being invaded by Indian forces and that hostilities had broken out. The Security Council took notice of it on 16 September in Paris. The representative of Hyderabad called for immediate action by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The Hyderabad representative responded to India's excuse for the intervention by pointing out that the Stand-still Agreement between the two countries had expressly provided that nothing in it should give India the right to send in troops to assist in the maintenance of internal order.<ref>United Nations Document S/986</ref>{{primary source inline|date=October 2016}} | At 4 a.m. on 13 September 1948, India's Hyderabad Campaign, code-named "[[Operation Polo]]" by the [[Indian Army]], began. Indian troops invaded Hyderabad from all points of the compass. On 13 September 1948, the Secretary-General of the Hyderabad Department of External Affairs in a cablegram informed the United Nations Security Council that Hyderabad was being invaded by Indian forces and that hostilities had broken out. The Security Council took notice of it on 16 September in Paris. The representative of Hyderabad called for immediate action by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The Hyderabad representative responded to India's excuse for the intervention by pointing out that the Stand-still Agreement between the two countries had expressly provided that nothing in it should give India the right to send in troops to assist in the maintenance of internal order.<ref>United Nations Document S/986</ref>{{primary source inline|date=October 2016}} | ||