The Nizam Of Hyderabad Donated Gold To Indian Army Or Not?

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Posted by AI on 2025-05-12 15:55:08 | Last Updated by AI on 2026-06-28 03:48:02

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The tale of the Nizam of Hyderabad donating 5,000 kg of gold to the Indian Army during the 1965 India-Pakistan War appears to be nothing more than a myth, despite circulating endlessly on social media platforms.

Recent investigations by fact-checkers reveal that no official records of such a donation can be found. This story, which has been shared countless times on social media, especially Twitter, seems to have originated from a 2016 article on a web platform that is known to publish false and fabricated stories.

The article has apparently been deleted now, but not before it had already done its damage the fabricated story took on a life of its own, getting shared and believed by many. Later posts claiming that the donation never happened because the Nizam had sided with Pakistan during the war, and therefore the Indian Army would not have accepted such a donation, seem to be a misinformation campaign to cover up the fact that the original story was completely fabricated.

The truth is that the issue of whether or not the 5000 kg of gold was donated by the Nizam of Hyderabad to the Indian Army during the 1965 India-Pakistan War is controversial. The lack of any official records and the origins of the claim in a known fake news outlet lead fact-checkers to conclude that this myth is just that a myth.

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