All the battles tought between the kings were based on territorial expansions and not on communal grounds but but the forces who want to spread communal hatred have presented them giving communal colour.
Addressing the 127th birthday celebration of the late Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, Maulana Abdur Rahim Quraishi, Assistant General Secretary of Muslim Personal Law Board expressed these thoughts. Referring to the battles fought between Aurangzeb and Shivaji, he said communal forces are trying to disturb communal harmony of this country by giving them communal colour. Many Muslims were occupying important positions in the army of Shivaji. Aurangzeb targeted the Muslim rulers also for the expansion of his empire.
He told that Shivaji’s grandson had clarified it while constructing a beautiful Mosque in Kollahpur that the battles tought between the Kings in India were not based on religion but they were political.
Dr. Chiranjeevi told that these communal forces have started in Telangana area. He said that for reposing the confidence among the Muslims of Hyderabad after the police atrocities meted out to them after police action, the he made the secular minded non-Muslims of Telangana responsible.
Captain Panduranga Reddy termed the tenure of the late Nizam of Hyderabad not as imperialist but a democratic one wherein all the sections of society were provided equal rights. He further told that the golden period of Hyderabad states owes its debt to Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan.
The first railway system of the country was started in Hyderabad state. Inter-district bus service was also started to make the mobility of the people smooth. Its credit goes to Nizam VII.
Mr. Ghulam Yazdani, Advocate, Mr. Ziauddin Nayyar, also addressed the gathering. Mr. K.M. Arifudding conducted the meeting Mr. Abdushukoor thanked the audience. Before the meeting, a wreath of flowers was laid on the grave of the late Nizam VII at Masjid-e-Joodi in King Kothi yesterday.
——Siasat News