The Indian Government annexed ______ in 1948 under the code name 'Operation Polo'.

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The correct answer is Hyderabad

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Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948.
Indian armed forces ended the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad and led to the incorporation of the princely state of Hyderabad in Southern India, into the Indian Union.
The ruler of the most powerful princely state Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, was an aristocratic ruler and maintained an irregular army of Razakars.
By Sardar Patel’s plan, Army and Police led by Maj Gen J N Chaudhuri attacked and covered Hyderabad.
Mir Osman later signed Instrument of Accession.