CHAPTER 13, RULERS OF HYDRABAD STATE

CHAPTER 13

RULERS OF HYDRABAD STATE

Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi or Asaf Jah VII,

(Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan)

The last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi or Asaf Jah VII, had ruled Princely State of Hyderabad and Berar between 1911 and 1948 until it was annexed by India. In February 1937, he made an appearance on the cover of Time Magazine, labelled as the richest man in the world; a fortune estimated at US$2 billion in the early 1940s ($34.9 billion today) or 2 percent of the US economy at that time.

CelebrityNetWorth also ranked him as one of the top 25 wealthiest persons of all time in its inflation-adjusted list.