Joe Shearer
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Sir little confusion Pakistan is not asking for full money but as agreed on share when British left every thing divided between the two so this money also should be divided. Pakistan only claims its share not the full amount.
I don't know the details of Pakistan's case in the present instance, but this was the Nizam's sovereign decision, to send the money to Britain for onward transmission to Pakistan (he had offered to fund Pakistan and his offer had been accepted). However, after the Indian take-over of Hyderabad, he lost control over the money, still then in a British bank. It was then that the Indian asked the British bank for the money back. My understanding is that Pakistan objected vehemently, stating that the money was meant for that nation, that the sovereign of Hyderabad had in mind to gift it to Pakistan, and therefore the original intention should be kept.
No portion of the money of the princely states was subject to division with Pakistan; only the funds and assets of the Crown Colony of India were to be divided.