Thursday, April 29, 2010

Operation Polo


Arms & Equipment

Indian soldiers sort through the arms and equipment left behind by hostiles during the Operations in Hyderabad.





Accession to India

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Major General Muchu Chaudhury flank the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan after he signed the accession to India in September 1948.





Operation Polo

Indian Armoured Corps officers during the Hyderabad Police Action - Operation Polo. Standing at right is Captain (later General and Army Chief) Arun Sridhar Vaidya.





Group Photo

Shri K M Munshi and Swami Ramananda Tirtha along with Major General (later General and Army Chief) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri and other officers at Secunderabad.





Cheerful Villagers

An Indian Army motor column is cheered by villagers on its way to Naldurg, Hyderabad.





Offering Surrender

Major General El Edroos (at right) offers his surrender of the Hyderabad State Forces to Major General (later General and Army Chief) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri at Secunderabad.







C-in-C, Hyderabad State Forces
Major General (later General and Army Chief) Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, Military Governor of Hyderabad and Major General El Edroos, Commander-in-Chief of the Hyderabad State Forces driving in a jeep in Secunderabad immediately after Major General El Edroos had offered his surrender to the Indian Army Commander.