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wrote to him as follows in June, 1935, from
London : —
" The only great Islamic project which I
have in view—it cannot really be called a
project, rather a desire—is to do something
towards welding together, consolidating and
strengthening in zeal the large Muslim popu-
lation left in Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia.
Budapest should be the focus, and the point of
wedge into Europe."
In Indian affairs Nizamat Jung always kept his
attention fixed on the inner currents of feeling
rather than on outward events, because his belief
was that human instincts were stronger than
outward adjustments. He considered the spirit
of the worker more important than his tools and
lamented that the so-called public spirit in India
was not free from disease.
Regarding Federation, the Editor of an English
periodical wrote to him in 1937 :
" The present political situation in India
seems to be very uncertain. I hope very much
that the Sovereign Princes will not consent to
enter the Federation unless all their rights have
been adequately safeguarded."
Sir Nizamat Jung, as Hyderabad people knew,
had always held that their rights should be pro-
perly safeguarded, and had said so to British
political officers more than once, for he knew
that Federation would mean the giving up of some
of those cherished rights. And this was also, I