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The Prime Minister of Hyderabad was the chief of government of the former princely state of Hyderabad. The office was also referred to as the Dewan or Diwan. From 1901, the official title was "President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad". The office was ended in 1948 after the annexation of Hyderabad State by India.
People who have served in this office include:
- Muhammad Iwaz Khan (1724 - 1730)
- Anwarullah Khan (1730 - 1742)
- Khuda Banda Khan (1742 - 1748)
- Shah Nawaz Khan (1st time) (1748 - 1750)
- Raja Ragunath Dass (1750 - 1752)
- Syed Lashkar Khan (1752 - 1755)
- Shah Nawaz Khan (2nd time) (1755 - 1758)
- Basalat Jung (1758 - 1761)
- Vithal Sundur (1761 - 1765)
- Musa Khan Nawab Rukn ud-Daula (1765 - 1775)
- Viqar-ud-Daula (1775 - 1781) + Shams-ul-Mulk (to 1778)
- Ghulam Sayyed Khan Aristu Jah (1781 - 9 May 1804) - (Mahratta hostage 1795-97)
- Mir Alam (1st time) (1795 - 1797) (acting for Aristu Jah)
- Raja Rajindra (1804)
- Mir Alam (2nd time) (1804 - 1808)
- Munir ul-Mulk (1808 - 1832) together with Maharaja Chandu Lal (1808 - 6 September 1843)
- Ram Baksh (1st time) (1843 - 1846)
- Siraj ul-Mulk (1st time) (1846 - 1848)
- Amjad ul-Mulk (November 1848 - December 1848)
- Shams ul-Umara (December 1848 - May 1849)
- Ram Baksh (2nd time) (September 1849 - April 1851)
- Ganesh Rao (April 1851 - June 1851)
- Siraj ul-Mulk (2nd time) (1851 - May 1853)
- Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I (May 1853 - 8 February 1883)
- Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II (February 1883 - April 1887)
- Bashir-ud-Daula Asman Jah (1887 - 1893)
- Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umra (1893 - 1901)
Name Portrait Took office Left office Term[1] Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad
(1st time)
1901 11 July 1912 1 Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III 
July 1912 November 1914 1 Direct rule by Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII 
November 1914 1919 – Sir Sayyid Ali Imam August 1919 5 September 1922 1 Nawab Sir Faridoon-ul-Mulk Bahadur 5 September 1922 1 April 1924 1 Wali-ud-Daula Bahadur 1 April 1924 25 November 1926 1 Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad
(2nd time)25 November 1926 18 March 1937 1 Sir Akbar Hydari 18 March 1937 September 1941 1 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
(1st time)September 1941 August 1946 1 Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail 
August 1946 May 1947 1 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
(2nd time)May 1947 29 October 1947 1 Nawab Mehdi Yar Jung
(acting)1 November 1947 28 November 1947 1 Mir Laiq Ali
(provisional)29 November 1947 19 September 1948 1 See also
- List of Diwans of Mysore
- List of Diwans of Travancore
References
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
References
- Hyderabad, Princely States of India, WorldStatesmen.org
Categories:- Hyderabad State
- History of Hyderabad, India
- History of Andhra Pradesh
- Prime ministers
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