Mir Laiq Ali
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Mir Laiq Ali was the last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State under the rule of the Nizam
Nizam
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

s. His official title was "President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad".

Career

Laiq Ali was an engineer and an industrialist. He served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad State from November 1947 until the Operation Polo
Operation Polo
Operation Polo code name for The Hyderabad Police Action was a military operation in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces engaged those of the State of Hyderabad and ended the rule of Nizam, annexing the state into the Indian Union....

 "police action" of 18 September 1948.

He was the mastermind behind the Razakars
Razakars (Hyderabad)
Razakars were a private militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and resist the integration of Hyderabad State in India....

 and appointed Kasim Razvi as its chief. He was kept under house arrest in Begumpet, from where he escaped in March 1950.

He died in New York in 1971 and was laid to rest in the holy city of Madinah.

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