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who appreciated the value of his services, did not
allow him to retire till after the Viceregal visit in
December 1929. It may be mentioned in passing
that during his tenure of office as Member of the
Executive Council he directed the affairs of the
Hyderabad Municipality and was able to effect
many improvements in spite of serious financial
difficulties, and succeeded in raising the income
above the expenditure. I was then a student at
college and everybody knew he was a power in the
Council.
His impressions of some of his colleagues and
his comments on some of the more important
events with which the Government had to deal
have a deep interest for those who have followed
later developments. No apology is therefore
needed for giving extracts from his notes in their
proper place.
Nizamat Jung's services on behalf of the war-
effort (1914-18) were acknowledged officially by
the Resident,- the Commander-in-Chief and the
British Government. But his most valuable
contribution to the British Empire, India_ to
England (published by the London Times on the
very day the Indian troops landed at Marseilles
in 1914), could be adequately appreciated only by
the British people. The reception given to it was
extraordinary. It was copied by all the important
papers in England ; it was quoted in a periodical
canedvKhaki ; it was printed on private Christmas
cards in New Zealand; and several compilers of
school texts asked for permission to include it in