Question

why do you think was the literacy rate in Hyderabad state was lower than other princely states​

Answer 1

Answer:

because hyderabad had lots of market and many competitors

Answer 2

The literacy rate in Hyderabad state was lower than other princely state was because the nizams were slow in setting up  schools in their kingdom. Many jaghirdar's did not allow setting up schools in their areas. the nizams were also suspicious of private schools that they thought would become centers for propagation of anti nizam ideas. they actually discouraged the setting up of private Telugu medium schools and did not allow those students to join Osmania university. As result, even by 1941, only 9.3 percent people of the state were literate (only 4.3 percent women were literate). In contrast other princely states like Travancore had 47.7 percent literacy rate, Baroda had 23 percent and Mysore had 12.2 percent during militant nationalist period under Balagangadhar tilak, national movement has taken a religious turn and that influenced Hyderabad also. Language and religion became major issues during this period. Urdu was the official language of the state. Telugu linguistic movement has become the Telangana peoples concern.