TY - GEN AU - Munshi, K. M. TI - The end of an era (Hyderabad Memoirs) SN - - U1 - 954 PY - 1998/// CY - Mumbai PB - Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan KW - Hydrabad N2 - It is almost a word to word about the happenings in the last stages of independent Hyderabad before it joined mainstream India after independence. In the stomach of India, Hyderabad was like a ‘cancer’ and if it had not joined the country and had chosen to remain independent it would have been a real problem. K M Munshi was India’s Agent General in Hyderabad and gives a vivid account of the happenings of that period of time which was turbulent, full of intrigues, political moves and sensation. More details: Today’s generation may find it history but at that time it was happening and a part of life. From January 5 to September 21, 1948 the author spent his time in Hyderabad, negotiating, making decisions, talking, giving speeches. The incidents of that tumultuous period have been recreated and make interesting reading. ER -