Hyderabad : A Biography/Narendra Luther. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2006, xii, 424 p., photographs, ISBN 019567535-5.
Contents: Preface. I. The beginning: 1. Antenatal scenario. 2. Birth of Bhagnagar. 3. Ma Saheba. 4. In praise of Bhagnagar. 5. Abdullah's humiliation. 6. Mendicant to Sultan. 7. Kuchipudi, Ramadas, and Madanna. 8. Madanna's fall. 9. The long siege. II. A change of guard: 1. The new Titan. 2. Dissipation of the legacy. 3. Musa Ram and Hashmat Jung. 4. The resident's plaything. 5. A parade of Diwans. 6. 'If Hyderabad is lost...' 7. The Great Diwan. 8. The Toddler Nizam. 9. Paigah's fancy dress party. 10. Mahboob's camelot. 11. The great achievers. III. End of an order: 1. A unique collection. 2. The masters of verse. 3. Chunnu Nawab and the 'Balishter'. 4. The troubled decades. 5. Nazar for the Nizam. 6. 'Head over heart'. 7. 'Rabbit in a hutch'. 8. Dissent and sanity. 9. The short march. 10. The debacle. 11. Hope, despair, hope. 12. An escape and a sentence. 13. A call to arms. IV. Dawn of democracy: 1. The transition. 2. Chief ministers galore. 3. Politics of the theatre. 4. The e-Governor. 5. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Oral history...
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