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“We have been ruling the Deccan for the last 800 years!”- Excerpts from Kasim Razvi’s 1948 Speech

The excerpt captures the fervent speech of Kasim Razvi, depicting the tumultuous period during Hyderabad’s integration into India in 1947-48. Razvi’s inflammatory rhetoric, emphasizing an Islamic state and inciting violence against Hindus, underscores the atmosphere of fear and division orchestrated by the Razakars, his militant group. The speech not only reflects a deep-seated religious animosity…