PART THREE
CHAPTER IV.—IMPRESSIONS OF THE
NEW REGIME
There are two pictures of Hyderabad in my
mind : the old regime and the new. I have
described some scenes typical of old Hyderabad
as it was under the late Nizam, and I have also
written in my reminiscences an incomplete account
of the period which commenced at the accession
of the present ruler. In the latter, there are still
many details to be filled in, to complete the picture
of Hyderabad as it is now. But some of my
notes relating to the Executive Council and its
original members may help to throw some light
on the picture of the new regime. Thoughts and
events had long been tending in the direction of
improved methods and improved administrative
machinery, since the time of Salar Jung the
First, and even at the beginning of the late
Nizam's rule experiments were made for this
purpose by means of a Council of State and, at a
later date, by establishing a Cabinet Council in
the nineties of the last century. They may be
said to have foreshadowed the present Council
form of Government in Hyderabad.