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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Order of Hyderabad State}}<br />
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{{infobox order<br />
| name = Hilal-i-Osmania<br />
| country = [[Hyderabad State]]<br />
| awarded_by = [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<br>[[File:State_emblem_of_Hyderabad.svg|70px]]<br />
| type = Order<br />
| status = Dormant since 1947<br />
| established = 11 December 1944<br />
|founder = [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Osman Ali Khan]]<br />
|head_title=Sovereign|head=[[Azmet Jah]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Hilal-i-Osmania''' ({{langx|ur|ہلالِ عثمانیہ|4=Osmani Crescent}}) was an [[Order (distinction)|order]] conferred by the [[Hyderabad State]].<br />
== Description ==<br />
[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] instituted this order on 11 December 1944.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_YvAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely States in colonial India |date=1996 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=99–100 |language=en}}</ref> It was awarded for acts of courage or self-sacrifice carried out in the public interest.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=McClenaghan |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQdZlHJ2WTAC |title=Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States |date=1996 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-1-897829-19-6 |pages=135–138 |language=en}}</ref> It was awarded in a single class, without distinction of position, occupation, or gender.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> It was designed by [[Zain Yar Jung]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Tamgha-i-Khusrow-i-Deccan]]<br />
* [[Tamgha-i-Asafia]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Awards established in 1944]]<br />
[[Category:1944 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of former countries]]<br />
[[Category:Hyderabad State]]<br />
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