Hyderabad City

• Hyderabad, once known as Bhagyanagar’ was estab- lished around A.D 1591 by Mohammad Quli-Quth- Shah the 5h ruler ofQutb- Shahi dynasty. The city was established at eight (8) kilometers distance to the East of Golconda fort and South of Musi River. Since then, the city of Hyderabad, witnessed the rule of subsequent rulers of Qutb- Shahis’, the Mughals and successive heirs of Asaf Jha reign till the accession of Hyderabad state into the independent Indian Union in the year 1948.
• Hyderabad, also known as the City of Pearis’. functioned as the civil capital during the Qutb- Shahi Ruler. The city had rich resemblances of survey- ing capital since from the tenure of Nizam Ali Khan Asaf Jah II for Asaf Jahi dynasty (1763 1948), through the independent Indian state of Hyderabad (1948 to 1956). to the erstwhile-state of Andhra Pradesh (1956 to 2014) to the newly formed state of Telangana (Since 2014). The city, indeed, consists of two cities in it, Hyderabad and its twin Secunderabad together known as twin cities,offer a fascinating panorama of the past with richly blended geography that include physical, cultural, industrial and economic landscape with historic-spatio-temporal changes spanning over 425 years.

Nomenclature of Hyderabad

• The nomenclature of the city attracts a wide ranging speculations as some believed the city was established by the name of ruler s beloved wife, Bhagyamathi, some would argue that it is not Bhagynagar but to imply that the e city of Bhags meaningt gardens. However the name Hyderabad’, larly known at global level for its multifaceted of then Qutb-Shahi was Bhagyanagar outlook.