to access lawyers and delayed trials – about which the Red Cross was pressuring Nehru. The viewpoint of the government was: "in political physics, Razakar action and Hindu reaction have been almost equal and opposite." A quiet decision was taken to release all Hindus and for a review of all Muslim cases, aiming to let many of them out. Regarding atrocities by Muslims, Nehru considered the actions during the operation as "madness" seizing "decent people", analogous to experience elsewhere during the partition of India. Nehru was also concerned that disenfranchised Muslims would join the communists. The government was under pressure to not prosecute participants in communal violence, which often made communal relations worse. Patel had also died in 1950. Thus, by 1953 the Indian government released all but a few persons. Overhaul of bureaucracy Junior officers from neighbouring Bombay, CP and Madras regions were appointed to replace the vacancies. They were unable to speak the language and were unfamiliar with local conditions. Nehru objected to this "communal chauvinism" and called them "incompetent outsiders", and tried to impose Hyderabadi residency requirements: however, this was circumvented by using forged documents. References Bibliography External links Police Action in Hyderabad, 1948 September 13-18 :Should We Celebrate It? From the Sundarlal Report, Frontline, 3–16 March 2001 Exclusive Sundar Lal report on Hyderabad police action, Deccan Chronicle, 30 November 2013. In the Nizam's dominion, by Bret Wallach, University of Oklahoma A Blog by Narendra Luther on Operation Polo Armchair Historian – Operation Polo (Monday, 18 September 2006) – Contributed by Sidin Sunny Vadukut – Last Updated (Monday, 18 September 2006) Hyderabad Hyderabad State Hyderabad, annexation of Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad, annexation of History of Telangana History of Andhra Pradesh (1947–2014) Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad History of Marathwada Hyderabad September 1948 events in Asia Invasions by India