Hyderabad, July 6 -- The article, Kothi and Abids in Hyderabad were ruled by Britain, not Nizam, which was published insiasat.comon July 2, a reader, Pankaj Sethi, has written a letter to the editor. Since the letter is interesting and sheds some light on the recent past of Hyderabad, the we have decided to present it to the readers.

Dear Sir,This is apropos article titled "Kothi and Abids in Hyderabad were ruled by Britain, not Nizam" in the Siasat edition of 2ndof July 2020.

If by "rule" the author means "ownership", then the Residency areas were never "ruled" by either the East India Company, or, after 1857, the British Crown.

However it is true that until the First Rendition Agreement in 1934, the Chadarghat Municipality was under ...