Turrebaaz Khan 1857

 Turrebaaz Khan took on Britishers, led first Independence Struggle in Hyderabad


 On the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of Independence, remembering one of the Martyrs of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Hyderabad.


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