Hyderabad State: Unraveling Lineage Of Nizams Through History
Ever since the death of Prince Mukarram Jah on 14th January 2023, who was considered the last and titular Nizam, Hyderabad’s Nizams, the rulers of the Asaf Jahi dynasty are…
Ever since the death of Prince Mukarram Jah on 14th January 2023, who was considered the last and titular Nizam, Hyderabad’s Nizams, the rulers of the Asaf Jahi dynasty are…
The last Asaf Jahi ruler, Mir Osman Ali Khan, remains an enigma. He would wear a frayed sherwani and think twice before buying a warm blanket. But he wouldn’t mind…
A brave disciplined civil servant of yesteryears Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy, Kotwal of Hyderabad under the rule of a monarch. Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy was the first Hindu kotwal…
The massive fortune of India’s richest royal family Hyderabadi Nizams who are strongest in finances, revenue and gold and ornaments, just dissipated because of indifference and ineptitude. Wearing a yellow…
Owing to the number of nobles and learned men who came to this city and made it their home, it also led to many of them spending the entirety of…
Beauty and brains, fame and fortune – she had it all. Poet, singer, dancer, musician, philanthropist – all rolled into one. Mah Laqa Bai Chanda was a hidden volcano of…
The word Paigah, which means pomp and rank in Persian, was a title given by the second Asaf Jahi Nizam of Hyderabad to the estate of Abul Fateh Khan Taig…
For generations, the paan and Paandaan were used with great manners, which were referred to as Adab-e-Paandaan. “As Hyderabadis, we are foregoing our cultural evolution”, said cultural curator Dr Haseeb…
Decades before the IT industry of Hyderabad made it popular, it was one man whose actions towards developing the city and whose wealth put this city on the global map…
The railway saloon car in which the Nizam of Hyderabad, alongwith his family used to travel, is a heritage lovers’ delight. The wood-bodied, four-wheeler inspection carriage (saloon) was built in…