Evening star., 1948-09-14
By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, Sept. 14.-Indian
troops invading Hyderabad to-
day captured the town of Rajasur,
halfway from their jumping-off
point of Sholapur to Hyderabad
City, heart and capital of the
princely state.
Another tank-led column striking
from the northwest captured the
important rail town of Jalna on the
Nizam's state railroad after pen
etration of 70 miles into Hyder-
abad. Jalna is $50 miles from the
capital.
Raiasur is 30 miles to the west
and in the area where the Indian
army had found its hardest resist
ance.
The Indians driving in from the
east captured Suriapet, 80 miles
east of Hyderabad City.
Strong Resistance Met.
Troops in the northwest also cap
tured Daulatabad. also a commu-
nications center, so miles west of
Jalna, against strong resistance
The successes we're recounted in a
Defense Ministry communique is
sued shortly after noon when the
invasion was less than So hours old.
The Indian communique said an
other column advancing north from
Sholapur drove 10 miles and reach
ed Yermana, 100 miles south of
Jalna.
The important town Of Osmana-
bad, 40 miles inside HSderabad and
165 miles northwest of the capital,
was taken en- route.
This force and the one striking
from the northwest appeared to be
swiftly enveloping all the northwest
corner of Hyderabad in a large
pincers.
AirfieIds Are Bombed.
The communique said Indian
planes bombed airfelds employed
in gun running from Pakistan.
The fields attacked were not named.
The planes also dropped leaflets.
Troops which captured Rajasur
were declared by the ministry to
have scored a lightning advance.
They captured two 25-pounder can
non in their push toward Hyderabad
City and its suburb, Secunderabad, l,
which the Dominion of India has
vowed to garrison until what is
described as disorder and anarchy
Is put down.
India surrounds the south CEN
tral state and has demanded its ac-
cession. Hyberabad is as large as
Minnesota and has 100000 people,
four-fifths of whom are HinduS. The
fahulously rich Nizam, Moslem,
has refused to accede.
India invaded the state from all
four sides at dawn yesterday. COL
umns tHyberahad said 10 were
striking into the State) from the
north and south appeared to be
making slower progress. Hyerabad
City is only 10 miles from the south
crn frontier with Madras Province,
however
An army official in Madras said
progress is being made toward Sc
cunderabad and Hyderabad City in
all four sectors. He said heavy cas-
ualties we're inflicted on forces of
the Nizam and the private army of
Razakars in the northwest around
Jalna, where opposition was de-
scribed as very stiff"
India Admits Loss of 100.
India acknowledged in morning
communique one of its invading
columns in the west lost 100 killed
and $50 captured. CHyderabad sale
it inflicted 1000 casualties on the
Indians in the first day of the in
vaSion.
The army spokesman at Madra!
said an Indian police force occu'
pied so Hyderabad villages and 50t
square miles in the PeddapuraH
border areas, capturing 100 Ra'
zakars.
"a military headquarters spokes'
man said the Indian advance con-
tinues in all sectors of Hyderabao
despite opposition in some areas
CThe Hyderabad radio gave the
distance of the penertations by
Indian troops thus far as: South
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