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Mir Osman Ali Khan
Mir Osman Ali Khan was the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad, ruling from 1911 to 1948. Reputed the richest man in the world, he founded Osmania University in 1918 with Urdu as its medium of instruction and funded railways, hospitals and public buildings. He sought to keep Hyderabad independent in 1947, but Indian forces annexed the state in September 1948.
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