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...Pakistan. One was little Junagadh, whose dog-loving Moslem Nawab* has announced for Pakistan against the wishes of most of his subjects, who are 80% Hindu. One was Kashmir, most of whose people are Moslem, but opposed to Jinnah's Moslem League. The third was fabulous Hyderabad, whose Nizam had a good chance of maintaining his state's independence. India's Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel is applying pressure on all three states; of the Government's top ministers Patel is the most outspokenly anti-Moslem, although he is more moderate than extremist Hindu "Brownshirt" groups...
...power to disrupt India further. In the face of Jawaharlal Nehru's blunt warning to the Indian princes ("We will not recognize the independence of any state in India"), Jinnah began courting them. Most princes had already decided to join Hindu India (see map), but the Nizam of Hyderabad (a Moslem) and Maharaja of Travancore (a Hindu) had each said he would go it alone. Jinnah dangled alliance-bait before them: "If states wish to remain independent ... we shall be glad to discuss with them and come to a settlement." Big Kashmir, still on the fence, was ruled...
...rulers of India's 562 Princely States, Faridkot will face sudden political loneliness when the British withdraw late this summer. The princes have to decide quickly whether to throw their lot with one of the new Indian nations or try to go it alone. Faridkot, together with the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharaja of Travancore, had declared he wished to retain his princely independence. But Gandhi threw his enormous prestige behind the Congress solution: end princely privilege. "Rulers," he told his visitor, "have only the right to exist if they become the trustees and servants of the people...
India's Nizam of Hyderabad, whose Hyderabad Squadron has knocked down 27 German planes (TIME, Sept. 2), last week issued a Fatwa (royal decree) ordering all mosques in his native Hyderabad to offer daily prayers for the safety of the squadron's British pilots. Growled a Moslem leader: "Never have I heard of a Moslem prince ordering regular prayers for Christian warriors...
Last October the Nizam of Hyderabad showed his loyalty and opulence by donating an entire Spitfire squadron. Cost: ?100,000. When the Battle of Britain got hot, the Hyderabads were in the thick of it, scored 27 kills, but themselves grew thinner. Last week from the Nizam's loyal subjects arrived another check for ?100,000, to buy 20 Hurricanes. Owner John Wilson McConnell of the Montreal Star last week matched Hyderabad, gave...