Hyderabad State (1948–1956)

Hyderabad State
State of India
1948–1956

Hyderabad in India (1951)
Area
  Coordinates17°00′N 78°50′E / 17.000°N 78.833°E / 17.000; 78.833
History 
 Hyderabad State formed from Princely State of Hyderabad
17 September
 Reorganised and renamed as Andhra Pradesh
31 October
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hyderabad State
Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
Mysore State
Bombay State
Today part ofTelangana
Maharashtra
Karnataka
States of India since 1947

Hyderabad State was a state in Dominion and later Republic of India, formed after the accession of the State of Hyderabad into the Union on 17 September 1948. It existed from 1948 to 1956. Hyderabad State comprised present day Telangana, Marathwada, and Hyderabad-Karnataka.

Following the States Reorganisation Act, which implemented a linguistic reorganisation of states, the Hyderabad state was dissolved. Its different regions were merged with Andhra State, Mysore State and Bombay State respectively.