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A view of Dilsukhnagar, one of the largest commercial and residential centers in Hyderabad.

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Hyderabad (/ˈhaɪdərəbæd/ ^ⓘ HY-dər-ə-bad; Telugu: [ˈɦaɪ̯daraːbaːd], Urdu: [ˈɦɛːdəɾaːbaːd]) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km² (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of 542 m (1,778 ft), much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the fourth-most populous city in India with a population of 6.9 million residents within the city limits, and has a population of 9.7 million residents in the metropolitan region, making it the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of US$74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India.

Until the 19th century, Hyderabad was known for the pearl industry and was nicknamed the "City of Pearls", and was the only trading centre for Golconda diamonds in the world. Many of the city's historical and traditional bazaars remain open. Hyderabad's central location between the Deccan Plateau and the Western Ghats, and industrialisation throughout the 20th century attracted major Indian research, manufacturing, educational and financial institutions. Since the 1990s, the city has emerged as an Indian hub of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and information technology. The formation of the special economic zones of Hardware Park and HITEC City, dedicated to information technology, has encouraged leading multinationals to set up operations in Hyderabad. (Full article...)

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Mir Osman Ali Khan in 1926

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII GCSI GBE (5 or 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967) was the last Nizam (ruler) of the Princely State of Kingdom of Hyderabad, the largest state in British India. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and ruled the Kingdom of Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until India annexed it. He was styled as His Exalted Highness (H.E.H) the Nizam of Hyderabad, and was widely considered one of the world's wealthiest people of all time. With some estimates placing his wealth at 2% of U.S. GDP, his portrait was on the cover of Time magazine in 1937. As a semi-autonomous monarch, he had his mint, printing his currency, the Hyderabadi rupee, and had a private treasury that was said to contain £100 million in gold and silver bullion, and a further £400 million of jewels (in 2008 terms). The major source of his wealth was the Golconda mines, the only supplier of diamonds in the world at that time. Among them was the Jacob Diamond, valued at some £50 million (in 2008 terms), and used by the Nizam as a paperweight.

During his 37-year rule, electricity was introduced, and railways, roads, and airports were developed. He was known as the "Architect of modern Hyderabad" and is credited with establishing many public institutions in the city of Hyderabad, including Osmania University, Osmania General Hospital, State Bank of Hyderabad, Begumpet Airport, and the Hyderabad High Court. Two reservoirs, Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar, were built during his reign, to prevent another great flood in the city. The Nizam also constructed the Nizam Sagar Dam and, in 1923, a reservoir constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary of the Godavari River, between Achampet and BanjePally villages of the Kamareddy district in Telangana, India. It is located at about 144 km (89 mi) northwest of Hyderabad. Nizam Sagar is the oldest dam in the state of Telangana. (Full article...)

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Image 1Hyderabad Metro was inaugurated in 2017. (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 2The Hill Fort Palace, 1930s (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 3Hussain Sagar Lake (from Geography of Hyderabad)
Image 4Candid camera-shot of Lt. Gen. H.H. Nizam Mir Sir Mahboob Ali Khan (sixth Nizam of Hyderabad) taken in 1905 (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 5Map of Hyderabad, 1914 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 6Panorama of Charminar complex, showing the Charminar, Mecca Masjid and Nizamia Hospital (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 7Distant view of Hyderabad, 1880s (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 8A Bidriware of the 18th century, displayed at Musée du Louvre (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 9Throne of the Nizam of Hyderabad at Chowmahalla Palace (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 10Kachiguda Railway Station, 1932 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 11A view of 16th century ruined city of Naya Qila (from Economy of Hyderabad)
Image 12Students leaving the Osmania University, c. 1939–1945 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 13Shops in the Laad Bazaar (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 14Birla Mandir Hyderabad (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 15Charminar (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 16Asaf Jah VII and his heir apparent Mukarram Jah, both wearing Sherwani and Rumi Topi
Image 17British Residency, Hyderabad, 1880s (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 18Map of Hyderabad, 1911 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 19One Hyderabadi Rupee coin issued in 1329 AH (1911 CE) during the reign of Asaf Jah VI (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 20Hyderabadi biryani along with other Hyderabadi cuisine
Image 21Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan, the first Nizam of Hyderabad
Image 22The elevation model of Hyderabad and Secunderabad areas, created using ASTER GDEM v2 Data. (from Geography of Hyderabad)
Image 23Gachibowli Indoor Stadium (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 24Asaf Jah VII pays homage to King George and Queen Mary, Delhi Durbar, 1911 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 25The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad at Hussain Sagar lake was constructed in the 1980s. (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 26All Steel Deccani Sword, the Tulwar (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 27A foggy day in Hyderabad (from Geography of Hyderabad)
Image 28Aurangzeb during the Siege of Golconda, 1687 (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 29Gachibowli; a suburb of Hyderabad. (from Geography of Hyderabad)
Image 30One of the Qutb Shahi Tombs (from Culture of Hyderabad)
Image 31Portrait of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (from History of Hyderabad)
Image 32Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, founder of Hyderabad and Urdu poet (from Culture of Hyderabad)

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Charminar

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The Charminar (lit. "four minarets"), constructed in 1591, is a monument and mosque located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The landmark has become known globally as a symbol of Hyderabad and is listed among the most recognized structures in India. It has also been officially incorporated as the Emblem of Telangana for the state of Telangana.

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v t e Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad
Etymology List of neighbourhoods
Hyderabad district	A. C. Guards Abids Adikmet Afzal Gunj Aghapura Aliabad Alijah Kotla Amberpet Ameerpet Ashok Nagar Asif Nagar Azamabad Azampura Badichowdi Bagh Lingampally Balkampet Banjara Hills Bank Street Barkas Barkatpura Basheerbagh Bazarghat Begum Bazaar Begumpet Bharat Nagar Bolarum Borabanda Bowenpally Chaderghat Champapet Chanchalguda Chandrayan Gutta Chatta Bazaar Chikkadpally Chilkalguda Chintal Basti Dabirpura Dar-ul-Shifa Dhoolpet Domalguda Edi Bazar Erragadda Fateh Nagar Ferozguda Film Nagar Gudimalkapur Golnaka Goshamahal Gulzar Houz Hasmathpet] Himayatnagar Hyderguda Izzat Nagar Jahanuma Jamia Osmania Jubilee Hills Kachiguda Karkhana Kavadiguda Khairtabad Koti Krishna Nagar Laad Bazaar Lab quarters Lakdi ka pul Lal Darwaza Lallaguda Langar Houz Laxminagar Colony Madina Maharajgunj Mahatma Gandhi Road Malakpet Mallepally Marredpally Masab Tank Mehboob ki Mehendi Mehdipatnam Minister Road Mir Alam Tank Moazzam Jahi Market Moghalpura Moti Nagar Musheerabad Mylargadda Nalgonda 'X' Roads Nallakunta Namalagundu Nampally, Hyderabad Narayanguda Nawab Saheb Kunta Nayapul Noorkhan Bazar Padmanabha Nagar Colony Padmarao Nagar Pan bazar Parsigutta Patny Pisal Banda Punjagutta Purana pul Putlibowli Raj Bhavan Road Rajendranagar Ramnagar Rani Gunj Rastrapathi Road Red Hills Rein Bazar RTC X Roads Saidabad Saifabad Sanathnagar Sanghi Nagar S. R. Nagar Santoshnagar Secunderabad Shahran Market Shah-Ali-Banda Shanker Mutt Shivam Road Sikh Village Sindhi Colony Sitaphalmandi Somajiguda Srinagar colony Sultan Bazar Tarnaka Tilaknagar Tolichowki Tirumalagiri Uppuguda Vidyanagar Vikrampuri Warsiguda Yakutpura Yousufguda
Greater Hyderabad	A. S. Rao Nagar Allwyn Colony Alwal Anandbagh Attapur Bairamalguda Balanagar Boggulkunta Champapet Cherlapally Chintalakunta Dilsukhnagar ECIL X Roads Gachibowli Gaddiannaram Gautham Nagar Habsiguda Hafeezpet Hastinapuram Hayathnagar HITEC City Jagadgirigutta Jeedimetla Kakatiya Nagar Kamala Nagar Kapra Karmanghat Karwan Kondapur Kothapet Kukatpally Kushaiguda L. B. Nagar Lingojiguda Lothkunta Macha Bollaram Madeenaguda Madhapur Malkajgiri Miyapur Moosapet Moosarambagh Moula Ali Nacharam Nagole Neredmet Patancheru Pet Basheerabad Ramanthapur Raidurg Sainikpuri Safilguda Saroornagar Serilingampally Suraram Uppal Vanasthalipuram Venkatapuram Vinayak Nagar Yapral
Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration	Ameenpur Bachupally Badangpet Bandlaguda Jagir Balapur BHEL Township Boduppal Chengicherla Dammaiguda Jawaharnagar Jalpally Kandlakoya Khajaguda Kompally Manikonda Medipally Meerpet–Jillelguda Nagaram Nanakramguda Nizampet Peerzadiguda Pragathi Nagar Suchitra Center Shamshabad Tellapur
Hyderabad Metropolitan Area	Adibatla Cheriyal Devaryamjal Dundigal Ghatkesar Gandipet Gundlapochampalli Ibrahimpatnam IDA Bollaram Hakimpet Keesara Kismatpur Kokapet Kurmalguda Medchal Nadergul Narapally Narsingi Pedda Amberpet Pocharam Puppalguda Rampally Shamirpet Tukkuguda Thumkunta Turkayamjal Umdanagar Yamnampet
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