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What was Operation Polo?

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Code name used for Junagarh police action in 1948
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Code name used for Hyderabad police action in 1949
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Code name used for Hyderabad police action in 1948
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Code name used for Hyderabad police action in 1950
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The correct option is C Code name used for Hyderabad police action in 1948
Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the then newly independent Dominion of India against the Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-ruled princely state, annexing it into the Indian Union.

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