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Know about the Hyderabad Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 5th all-time wealthiest person

New Delhi: Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqui was the last Nizam of the princely state of Hyderabad and  Berar. He ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until it was merged into India. The state

PTI PTI Updated on: May 08, 2013 6:38 IST


In 2008, Forbes magazine listed the Nizam as the “fifth all-time wealthiest” person with a net worth of $210.8 billion, while TIME magazine called him the richest man in the world in 1937.



Hyderabad State was the only supplier of diamonds for the global market in the 19th century and Osman Ali's inheritance was accumulated by way of mining royalties rather than land revenue.
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