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'''H.E.H. The Nizam’s Charitable Trust''' is a non-profit organization. It is currently headed by [[Prince Muffakham Jah]] - the grandson of 7th [[Nizam]] [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grotal.com/Hyderabad/Nizam-Charitable-Trust-C70/ |title=Nizam Charitable Trust in Hyderabad |publisher=Grotal.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=5 July 2017|title=Nizam's heir goes by Blue Book, wants market rate for acquired land|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizams-heir-goes-by-blue-book-wants-market-rate-for-acquired-land/articleshow/59449745.cms|access-date=3 July 2018|publisher=timesofindia}}</ref> The trust grants scholarships to around 2,000 students every year. The beneficiaries include students belonging to the states of Andhra Pradesh and [[Telangana]] from 5th to 10th class, intermediate level, and degree students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiacom.com/hyderabad/h-e-h-the-nizams-charitable-trust_hyderabad_hyd_11625.html|title=H e H the Nizam's Charitable Trust in Masab Tank, Hyderabad - 500028 | Charity Trusts / Voluntary and Welfare Organization|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912092134/https://www.indiacom.com/hyderabad/h-e-h-the-nizams-charitable-trust_hyderabad_hyd_11625.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Noted beneficiaries==
===Sarojini Naidu===
The Nightingale of India [[Sarojini Naidu]] was one of the beneficiaries of this trust, which gave her a chance to study in England, first at [[King's College London|King's College, London]] and later at [[Girton College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizams-kin-pulls-out-firmans-showing-last-rulers-generosity/articleshow/67416257.cms|title=Nizam's kin pulls out 'firmans' showing last ruler's generosity | Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Akbar / |first1=Syed |title=Nizam's kin pulls out 'firmans' showing last ruler's generosity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizams-kin-pulls-out-firmans-showing-last-rulers-generosity/articleshow/67416257.cms |access-date=1 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |language=en}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
The officials of the Trust alleged that the government officials constantly harassed them by sending baseless notices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taxpublishers.in/Ency_DT/DT_Judg_Show?131I0497%3Fa0 |title=CIT v. Trustees of H.E.H. The Nizam S Charitable Trust |access-date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=12 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912130922/http://www.taxpublishers.in/Ency_DT/DT_Judg_Show?131I0497%3Fa0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In one of the cases, a [[Supreme Court of India]] Judge said:

''"This is indeed a Secular Comprehensive Public Charitable Trust which, unfortunately, had a prolonged litigation directing towards bigger scope for corruption by the Government ministers and officials."''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/1152970/?formInput=nizam%27s%20charitable%20trust | title=Advocate-General, Andhra ... vs V. Ramana Rao on 24 December, 1965 | publisher=indiakanoon.com | access-date=15 February 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Nizam's Rubath]]

==References==
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[[Category:Charities based in India]]
[[Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State]]

H.E.H. the Nizam's Charitable Trust - Revision history

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