Nizam

This story is my imagination which is inspired by true event

Hyderabad, India 1948

             Hyderabad was ruled by king Osman Ali Khan with the age of 25. He is a last Nizam of Hyderabad. He admires his father very much; his name is Mahbub Ali Khan. Due to his father’s death he became King of their dynasty so early. His father always thinks and makes decisions which will be useful for the people of their kingdom. Through him that nature came to Osman Ali Khan.

             It is a period when Indian government taking over the control of places and cities which is ruled by kings. After Independence, government has passed the rule for kings to surrender their kingdom. Once they surrendered, then all Lands and revenue resources of their kingdom will come under government control.

             Osman Ali Khan not felt happy to surrender their kingdom to government. He thought that government won’t do useful things for their people as like they do. So he planned to convert their lands into buildings by constructing schools, colleges, hospitals, etc which will be useful for their people. Government has given them 1 year time period to surrender their kingdom.

             4 months before surrender: Government officials came to evaluate their assets which they have inside the palace. All the assets inside the palace like chairs, tables will be evaluated. For past 3 days their work is going on.

 King Osman Ali khan called finance minister of their kingdom.

Finance Minister : Your highness!

Osman Ali Khan : Yes Minister! Come in, take your seat. Did government officials completed their work?

Finance Minsiter : Almost done sir. But for past 2 days they are evaluating in your office room alone, hope they will complete today

Osman Ali Khan : What are they doing there for past 2 days? In that room there are only 4 chairs and 1 table. Anyhow, how our construction works is going on? Do we able to complete all the things as we planned before the surrender?

Finance Minister : Yes sir, As we planned; so far we completed Osmania Government Hospital, Bank of Hyderabad, Begumpet Airport, High court, Osman Sagar dam & Himayat Sagar Dam

Osman Ali Khan : What about Osmania University?

Finance Minister : That’s where the problem sir

Osman Ali Khan : Why? What happened?

Finance Minister : As per your suggestion we planned to build Osmania University with a huge budget sir, but now we don’t have enough money to build that. Already we spent all our money by constructing other things. Now we are out of cash and money resources sir

Osman Ali Khan : What are you saying? Is that real?

Finance Minister : Yes sir. My suggestion is we better drew off the plan of building University sir. Maybe you can save that money for your future; after surrendering the kingdom you don’t have any money sir because we already spent all our money including your savings in constructions

Osman Ali Khan : No. My father always believes that only though education our people life standards will increase. And also he worked hard to prove and provide that education to our people, but he didn’t able to do in his period. In remembrance of him I am do this, that's why I allotted a huge budget for this

Finance Minister : Yes sir, able to understand your thought, but we don’t have any other resources to get money sir

Osman Ali Khan : Then arrange money by selling any of our lands or buildings or anything which we have

Finance Minister : No sir. Our kingdom is already under the government control we can’t sell it, only the things inside our palace are belong to us

Osman Ali Khan : How much money we need to complete as we planned

Finance Minister : We need 10 lakhs sir

Osman Ali khan went silent for few minutes.

Osman Ali Khan : Personally I thought this will be a tribute to my father from his son, but didn’t expect that I can’t able to do even this to him

While both of them talking someone knock the door and those are government officials who came to evaluate their palace

Osman Ali Khan : Yes, come in

Government Official : Hello sir, Our work is done. Can you please check this and sign?

Osman Ali Khan : Yes

While checking the evaluated document he noticed that the assets inside the palace are evaluated for 50 lakhs. He was confused because inside the palace they have only their day to day using objects like chairs and tables, definitely it won't cost for that much.

Osman Ali Khan : What is this? You mentioned that we have 50 lakhs worth of things in our palace. Do you think our chairs and tables will cost that much?

Government Official : No sir. All chairs, tables and other things in your palace are evaluated less than half of this amount. But the object which you have in your office table made this much high

Osman Ali Khan : In my office table? What is that?

Government Official sent one of their people to take that and come.

Government Official : This one sir

He showed him a paperweight which he uses in his table.

While Mahbub Ali khan died all his belongings like his jewels, crown, slippers are handed over to his son Osman Ali Khan before he buried. In the toe of his father’s slipper there will be a crystal kind of rounded stone. Osman Ali khan always attracted by that since his childhood. So after his father died he took that stone from his slipper and used as a paperweight in his office room.

Osman Ali Khan : Are you saying that my paper weight is cost around 25 lakhs?

Government Official : This paper weight is 185 carat Jacob diamond sir. This is very rare kind and this diamond ranked as the fifth-biggest polished diamond in the world 

Osman Ali khan was in shock, he don’t have any idea about this so far even any of them in the palace. He looked his finance minister and both of them smiled by looking each other by realizing that they got some resource from his father itself to complete their construction of university as they planned. While he was signing the documents which the officials gave after they evaluated

Government Official : After 3 months we come to evaluate again sir, that will be a last evaluation before you surrender the kingdom to government.

Osman Ali Khan nodded his head saying yes to the officer.

Government Official : We had complete our work on 1^st day itself sir, but this diamond took so much time to evaluate

Osman Ali Khan : Then don’t worry officers next time you won’t spend this much time

Osman Ali Khan said this with smile.

Osman Ali Khan sold that diamond to Indian government for Rs.23 lakhs and built the university grandeur as they planned. Osmania University is the first university which is built in south India and third oldest university in India.

The End