Razakars were a private army of ( fanaticized) Muslims raised by one Kasim Razvi, a smalltime lawyer from Latur, who has taken over the Ittehad-ul-Muslameen which was founded and sworn to keep the Nizams dominions as an independent, sovereign Islamic kingdom after the lapse of Britain’s paramountcy on 15 Aug 1947. The Razakar armed gangs with Kasim Razvi as supreme commander had the tacit support of the Nizam an d his government . It overawed the Nizam & his government , dictated Nizam’s policy vis-à-vis the government of India in the period 1946-1948 Sept. The Razakars, with support from Nizam’s Police committed atrocities on Hindu subjects struggling for freedom from Nizam’s oppressive, exploitative rule and for accession of the state to the Indian Union. The Razakars terrorized Hindus by loot, rape, burning and butchery.

About the Speaker:

Dr T.H.Chowdary graduated in Telecom Engineering ; held senior positions like General Manger in several states and Dy Director General in the Department of Telecoms; was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of the PSU, Videsh Sanchar Nigam; Governor of INTELSAT in Washington, Executive Councilor of INMARSAT, London and Chief Technical Officer of International Telecoms Union (Geneva), in Guyana and Yemen, he was engaged by Canada’s International Development Agency to advise on restructuring of South Africa’s telecoms and write an IT Policy for Nepal.

He was IT Advisor Government of AP (1997-‘04) and a Member of Prime Minister’s National Task Force for IT & Software (1998-’99) . He was Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad.

He is the founding and continuing Chairman of Pragna Bharati, a nationalist think tank (in the two Telugu States) since 1992.

He authored 25 books so far on Telecoms, I.T, India’s History, culture and national and international politics. He edits and contributes to a number of journals regularly. He was awarded Padma Sri in 2017.