Musheerabad

Musheerabad
Inner City
Musheerabad
Location in Telangana, India
Musheerabad
Musheerabad (India)
Coordinates: 17°25′32″N 78°30′14″E / 17.425544°N 78.503795°E / 17.425544; 78.503795Coordinates: 17°25′32″N 78°30′14″E / 17.425544°N 78.503795°E / 17.425544; 78.503795
Country  India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
Metro Hyderabad
Named for Nawab Arastu Jah, Mushir-Ul-Mulk
Government
 • Body Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Languages
 • Official Telugu, Urdu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 500020
Vehicle registration TS
Lok Sabha constituency Secunderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Musheerabad
Planning agency Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Website telangana.gov.in

Musheerabad is a commercial center in Hyderabad, India. Musheerabad will come under central zone and ninth circle of hyderabad, Falls under Secunderabad revenue division , . Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung one of the founding members of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen is buried in Musheerabad.

Musheerabad is one of the electoral constituencies in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.[1] The area is commercial in nature with the presence mainly of traders of silk sarees and tanneries.[2][3]

Musheerabad is well-connected to other parts of the city through public transit. Telangana State Road Transport Corporation runs several buses. Intercity and intracity trains are available from Secunderabad Railway Station, Vidyanagar Railway Station and Jamia Osmania Railway Station – each of which is equidistant from this area.

Musheerabad is a buzz place on Sundays, with roadside old book vendors.[4]

History

The historic old portion of Musheerabad Masjid was constructed during the Qutb Shahi era.[5] Later the mosque and surrounding area were given as a jagir to Nawab Aratu Jah, Mushir-ul-Mulk (then Prime Minister of Hyderabad) and named in his honour.[6]

The area housed the Musheerabad Jail until 2003 after which it was demolished and a new hospital and the new premises of Gandhi Medical College were constructed in the same area.[7][8]

Neighbourhoods

Chikkadpally, Ramnagar, Kavadiguda, Domalguda, Ashoknagar, Bagh Lingampally, Gandhinagar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No delimitation to confusion". The Times of India. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ↑ V. S., Krishna (15 March 2004). "Usher in the summer with cool khadis". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. ↑ V, Geetanath (26 May 2005). "Animal skin trade rampant despite ban". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  4. ↑ The Hindu article on old book vending in Hyderabad.
  5. ↑ "Hyderabad: The grandeur of Qutb mosque". Deccan Chronicle. 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  6. ↑ Administrator. "A History behind Street Names of Hyderabad & Secunderabad". www.knowap.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  7. ↑ "Gandhi Hospital begins a new era". The Hindu. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  8. ↑ V, Geetanath (9 November 2003). "No official sanction for new Gandhi Hospital complex?". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
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