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50 unusual facts about Hyderabad


1969 Telangana Agitation

A memorial called Gun Park was built near Public Gardens, Hyderabad to commemorate students who lost their lives in the struggles of 1969.

Andhra Mahila Sabha School of Informatics

The Andhra Mahila Sabha School Of Informatics is a school of informatics for women located in Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Andhra Pradesh cricket team

The Andhra Pradesh cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team representing the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, barring its capital, Hyderabad, which has its own cricket team.

Atraf-i-Balda

The Nizam's State Railway crosses it from east to west, with six stations, and the Hyderabad-Godavari Valley line starting from Hyderabad has one station within its limits.

Basheerbagh

The area's importance has increased because of its close proximity to other bigger commercial areas such as Abids, Koti, Nampally and Himayat nagar.

Battle of Basantar

The Pakistan Patton tank, now an attraction for visitors to the Tank Bund Road in the South Indian city of Hyderabad, is a War Trophy given to the 54th Infantry Division, and is one that the Indian Army had disabled during the Battle of Basantar in Pakistan, between December 15-17, 1971.

BHEL Township, Hyderabad

Nearest local train station to BHEL township is Lingampally, which is 3 km away from the township, hence more and more people are opting to live in this suburb.

Bongloor

The Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad is passing through this village and has a major junction located here.

Dabirpura

Dabeerpura is connected by buses run by APSRTC, since a Bus Depot is close by, it is well connected to Charminar, Nampally and L.B Nagar.

Deccan Derby

Deccan Derby is an Indian Thoroughbred horse race held every year at the Hyderabad Race Club, Hyderabad, India.

Deccani Souls

It was screened at the Transmissions Film Festival in New Delhi, India and was later screened to public at Cochin, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

It tells the story of three characters: Hamza, a traveller from an unknown land; Babu, a census collector and Siddiq, an urdu poet struggling with writer's block as they wander through Hyderabad and are unknowingly connected by the history of Operation Polo.

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium

Gachibowli Athletic Stadium is a multipurpose stadium situated in the Gachibowli suburb of Hyderabad, India.

Himayathnagar

Himayatnagar, Hyderabad: A suburb of the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Himayatnagar

Himayatnagar, Hyderabad, India

Hyderabad cricket team

The Hyderabad cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad-Karnataka

The Hyderabad-Karanataka region comprises Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Bidar and Bellary districts in the present state of Karnataka, The Hyderabad-Karanataka region is the second largest arid region in India.

Indian Telecommunication Service

2. Dr.T.H.Chowdary was awarded the L.V.Ramaiah award in 1989 for distinguished service to society thro’ telecoms.He was conferred a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad in 1999 for distinguished service to engineering, education & IT services.

Jamia Osmania

This are is surrounded by osmania university on south, Warsiguda, Ramnagar, Adikmet.

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy is credited with creating the Industrial infrastructure in and around Hyderabad.

Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology

KMIT Finishing School is set up with affiliation to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, one of its kind is exclusive to KMIT,where students are trained in various Software technologies including iPhone Applications and Android Apps development, SQL and so on along with industrial orientation which help them in their career path and to ensure the college motto is realized.

Affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, the college opened in September, 2007

Korremula

The Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad is passing through this village.Korremula is expected to get advantage from the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT REGION (ITIR)announced by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in nearby Pocharam Village.

Lankapalli Bullayya

His nephews Lankapally Ramesh Babu and Suresh Babu are public servants in Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar, Hyderabad.

Latifabad

Other hospitals in Latifabad include the St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Majee Hospital, Bhittai Hospital and Red Crescent (Hilal-e-Ahmar) Hospital.

Little Flower High School, Hyderabad

For admission into Kindergarten, the school follows a joint admission policy together with St Paul's High School, Hyderabad and All Saints High School, Hyderabad, both of which are also run by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel.

Malwala Palace

Malwala Palace was built in 1845 and is located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Mangalpally, Ranga Reddy

The Mangalapally Logistic Park, an inter-city truck terminal, which is coming up on 22 acres near the Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad towards Nagarjunasagar road at a cost of Rs.20 crore.

Micronutrient

In India, Tata Salt Plus, priced at an economical rate of Rs 20 per kg, is an iodine plus iron fortified salt, developed by the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad through double fortification technology.

Mir Taher Ali Khan

Sahebzada Nawab Mir Taher Ali Khan (1904 – 1981), also known by his pen name "Muslim", was a distinguished linguistic scholar and professor in European languages from the city of Hyderabad in India.

MLR Institute of Technology

Students are admitted primarily based on their ranks in the Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test EAMCET, held by the JNTUH every year.

The Institute is affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH).

MLR Institute of Technology (MLRIT) is located at Dundigal, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Nalla Narasimha Reddy Education Society’s Group of Institutions

Nalla Narasimha Reddy Education Society’s Group of Institutions, Hyderabad (NNRG Hyderabad) is a college, focusing on engineering, located in Hyderabad, India.

NISC Export Services

This organization, based in Hyderabad, India is involved in the data deduplication of bibliographic and metadata records through the creation of composite records.

Numaish

From a mere 100 stalls in 1938 started at the Public Gardens, the venue has shifted to the Exhibition Grounds, near Nampally Railway Station.

Ongole cattle

R. Vinoo1, G. N. Rao2, B. Ramesh Gupta3 and K. Babu Rao4 Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.

Pakistan Music Stars

Latif Ali (Hyderabad) - Latif (due to some personal problems) was later replaced by Zain Hassan from Lahore.

Pakistani Australian

Many of them had come from cities like Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Hyderabad and Peshawar, and were familiar with Western culture and ways of living.

PCtvt

PCtvt is a project run by Dr. Raj Reddy and students of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University to develop a design and business model for a device that is a combination of a computer, television and phone.

S.S. Institute of Technology

It was founded in 2005, and is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.

Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh

He was the eldest son of Dr Shrinagesh Mallannah, who was the personal physician to the Nizam of Hyderabad.

He was also principal of Administrative Staff College of India at Hyderabad.

SCIENT Institute of Technology

The Institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, the Government of Andhra Pradesh and is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH), Hyderabad.

Training Command, Indian Air Force

Among Training Command's units is the Navigation Training School at Begumpet Air Force Station, Hyderabad.

Tukkuguda

The Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad has a major junction passing through this village.

University College for Women, Koti

University College for Women is a constituent women's college of Osmania University, located in Koti, Hyderabad, AP, India.

Victoria Playground, Hyderabad

Victoria Playground is a playground located in Hyderabad, India.

Vignan University

The institution began as Vignan's Engineering College in 1997 and was affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad as a part of the Vignan Foundation for Science, Education & Research.

Visa policy of India

Currently visas on arrival may be obtained at international airports of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and the list will be expanded with more airports like Goa, Gaya, Chandigarh and Amritsar.


Amir Adnan

Amir Adnan currently houses its flagship store in Karachi, with complimenting domestic stores in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Hyderabad .

Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express

On 6 July 2005, Shri Anjan Kumar Yadav, MP, and Hyderabad mayor, Teegala Krishna Reddy, flagged off the train from Secunderabad station when the service was extended to Tirupati via Kurnool, Dhone and Kadapa.

Biridepalli

There are many families with this surname living in various places of the Ananthapur district, Kurnool and Hyderabad.

Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad

The laboratory in the beginning started functioning from the Chirag Ali Lane in the Abids area of Hyderabad city.

Chanda Sahib

The local representative of the Mughal was the Nawab of Arcot, Dost Ali Khan and an intermediate authority was held by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who was in theory both a subordinate of the emperor, and the superior of the Nawab.

DD Saptagiri

Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad was inaugurated by the then President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on 23 October,1977.

Devarakonda

It is surrounded by seven hills and is connected with Nalgonda, Nagarjuna Sagar, Miryalguda and Hyderabad, Srisailam, Mahbubnagar by road.

Diwakarla Venkatavadhani

Diwakarla was the first poet to stage this in Hyderabad for the first time, playing the role of Allasani Peddana in the play.

Dubai World

"We should not react to instant news like this. One lesson of the crisis is that we must study the developments, and I think we must measure the extent of the problem there and how it impacts India," Duvvuri Subbarao said in Hyderabad, India.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

The temporary campus of IIT Hyderabad is located in the residential estate of Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) of Ordnance Factories Board at Eddumailaram (Medak District, Andhra Pradesh), about 45 km from the heart of Hyderabad city.

Ketevan the Martyr

Niraj Rai of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India carried out ancient DNA analysis on these human bone remains excavated from the St. Augustine convent by sequencing and genotyping of the Mitochondrial DNA.

Khwaja Hassan Askari

He was married in 1948 in Hyderabad where they were the guests of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the bridal party stayed in one of their palaces.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Laksha

Laksha Gala Sankeertanarchana was a Guinness record-breaking mass singing event held at Hyderabad.

Lakshmi Pratury

She studied at Nizam College in Hyderabad where she received a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics.

Landmark quiz

The 20th edition of the Landmark Quiz was held in 6 cities Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai.

Little Flower Public School

Field visits are organised for all classes, including to Kanyakumari, Kerala, Madurai, Vishakapatnam, Mekedatu, Western Ghats, Goa, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Hampi and Hyderabad.

London Central Mosque

1937 This project (Nizamia Mosque, later changed to present name) was funded by the Nizam of Hyderabad and the foundation stone of the mosque was laid on Friday, June 4, 1937, by HH Prince Azam Jah eldest son of Mir Osman Ali Khan the last ruler of Hyderabad State.

Lufthansa Cargo

In May 2011, Lufthansa Cargo opened another hub at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, in order to transport temperature-sensitive goods, especially pharmaceuticals, between South East Asia and Europe (and onwards to the United States).

Majri

It connects Sewagram Junction towards Nagpur-Delhi and Wardha Junction towards Ahmedabad on north-west direction, Chandrapur and Balharshah towards Kazipet-Chennai-Hyderabad on south-east direction, and Majri Khadan, Wani, Rajura, Pipalkutti, Adilabad and Mumbai on east direction.

Manolya Onur

She was the third wife of "His Imperial and Exalted Highness" Nizam Mukarram Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad, Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire.

Miraj Junior

Raja Govind Rao Patwardhan, 1st Ruler of Miraj, began as a commandant of the body of horse, distinguished himself in several expeditions against the Nizam of Hyderabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established the Maratha ascendancy in southern India and pushed the Maratha conquests to the frontier of Mysore.

Mukhdoom Muhammad Hayat Bhatti

Makhdoom Ishaq Bhatti Abbasi Kalhora Dynasty education Quran and Sunnah in the school of Islam Hyderabad Old Hala Sindh.

Nanditha Raj

She currently resides in Hyderabad and is pursuing her degree from St Francis College for Women, Hyderabad.

Narsapur, Medak

Earlier Narsapur was known for "Naxalites"; but more recently it has changed substantially because of modernization and development in AP, especially in areas surrounding Hyderabad.

Nawab Bahadur

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, (1886–1967), styled Nawab Bahadur Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddqi until 1911, ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948

Nayani Krishnakumari

1952, she moved to Osmania University Women’s College in Hyderabad, where she started out as lecturer, and became a reader and professor.

Paigah Palace

In the hierarchy of nobles of Hyderabad, the Paigah family ranked immediately next to the ruling family of Nizams.

Rajiv Chilaka

Chilaka obtained a BE in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1995 and went on to the University of Missouri - Kansas City for his Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Rakesh Sharma

He joined 2 other Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft which blasted off on 2 April 1984.He graduated from Nizam College, Osmania University in Hyderabad.

Rhythm and Hues Studios

By the time Rhythm & Hues began to work on the 2012 Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, the company had become a global one with offices and artists in India (the Mumbai suburb of Malad and HITEC City which is a part of Hyderabad), Malaysia (Cyberjaya just outside of Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Vancouver), and Taiwan (Kaohsiung).

S.S. Institute of Technology

S.S Institute Of Technology is an engineering college located in Dundigal, Hyderabad, India.

Seth Vishandas Nihalchand

He was a landlord of the time and running cotton ginning, cotton bailing-press and rice thrashing factories at Manjhu, Nawabshah, Badin, Dadu and Hyderabad.

Sirajul Haq Memon

Later he shifted back to Hyderabad, where he worked with Mohammad Usman Diplai at his printing press and later as an assistant in the Sindhi Adabi Board, where he along with Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo and Ghulam Rabbani Agro translated classical works from English to Sindhi.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sohni Mahiwal

Legends has it that the bodies of Sohni and Mahiwal were recovered from the River Indus near Shahdadpur, Sindh, some 75 km far from Hyderabad, Pakistan.

South Zone cricket team

It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Tandur Test Range

It is spread over an area of 8000 acre of land and located in Tandur district of Andhra Pradesh, 135 km away from Hyderabad.

Tata Marcopolo

Tata Marcopolo products are currently being used or inducted in several Indian cities as part of the local transports fleet like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Pune, South Kanpur, Kochi, Madurai, Hyderabad, Thane, Trivandrum etc.

Vasavi Colony

Vasavi Colony is a prime residential region located near the Dilsukhnagar locality of Hyderabad.

Vivimed Labs

In 1997, Hyderabad-based Vivimed Labs started manufacturing Triclosan, a product with anti-microbial properties and able to be incorporated in formulations.