[en] | Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India

The Heritage Conservation Committee under HUDA was formed by state government in 1981 to retain architectural, historical and social value of buildings.[1] Hyderabad Urban Development Authority has listed almost 160 buildings in Hyderabad in Telangana state as heritage structures. Almost 70% of heritage buildings are in private hands. Heritage structures include buildings, monuments, rock structures etc.[2]

By notifying such structures, Heritage Conservation Committee in collaboration with (INTACH) works to retain their architectural, historical and social importance and tries to convince the owners not to destroy the listed heritage structures lured by the commercial potential of their properties. The buildings are graded as Grade I, Grade II & Grade III.[3] However, experts feel due to lack of support from the state government it has become difficult to preserve the status of these buildings.[4] Various buildings such as Ravi Bar, Adil Alam Mansion, Central Building Division & Devdi Ranachand – Ahotichand have been demolished[5] but the names of these buildings are still being retained in the list.[6]

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List of heritage buildings as per HUDA

Following are the list of the heritage buildings in Hyderabad recognized by HUDA. This list is constantly upgraded by HUDA. The buildings proposed by HUDA are to be approved by the state government.([7])

Sl. NoBuildingLocationImage
1Adil Alam Mansion, (Deleted from list[8]). Demolished [9]Nampally
2Afzal Gunj MosqueAfzal Gunj 
3Air & Land Warfare Building,Secunderabad
4Aiwan-e-AliChowmahalla Palace
5Aliabad SaraiFalaknuma-Charminar main road[10]
6Allahuddins BuildingBegumpet
7Ameen Manzil. Demolished[11]Saidabad
8Amberpet BurjAmberpet
9State Central LibraryAfzal Gunj 
10Andhra Patrika Building[12]Basheerbagh 
11High Court of Judicature at HyderabadHyderabad 
12State Archaeological MuseumKoti 
13Asmangarh PalaceMalakpet 
14Asman MahalLakdi-ka-pool
15Azha Khana-e-ZehraDarulshifa 
16Bai Pirojbai Edulji Chenai Parsi DharamshalaSecunderabad
17Baradari of Nawab Khursheed Jah BahadurHussaini Alam 
18Baitul Ashrafnear Niloufer Hospital
19Baquer BaghSaidabad
20Bella Vista (Administrative Staff College of India)Saifabad 
21Bhagawandas Garden PavilionKarawan
22a) Charkaman; b) Machlikaman c) Kalikaman d) Sher-e-Batil-Ki-KamanCharminar 
23Chowmahalla PalaceHyderabad 
24City CollegeMadina 
25Secunderabad Clock TowerSecunderabad 
26Clock Tower Sultan BazaarSultan Bazar
27Clock Tower & Ramgopalpet Police StationJames Street 
28Clock Tower Fateh MaidanFateh Maidan 
30Clock Tower – Mahboob ChowkCharminar 
31Dargah Hazrath ShajauddinYakutpura
32Dargah Nooruddin Shah Gate portionNampally[13]
33Dargah Syed Shah Mir Mahmood WaliBahadurpura
34Dargah YousufainNampally
35Darush Shifa & MosqueDabeerpura
36Devdi Akram Ali Khan, Gate PortionYakutpura
37Devdi Asman JahHussaini Alam
38Devdi BansilalBegum Bazar
39Devdi Iqbal-ud-DoulaShah Gunj 
40Devdi Imaad Jung BahadurGunfoundry
41Devdi Fareed Nawaz JungBegumpet 
42Devdi Nawab Shamsheer JungYakutpura
43Devdi Maharaja Kishan Pershad BahadurShalibanda Road
44Dewan Devdi – Gate PortionPathar Gatti 
45Gyan Bagh PalaceGoshamahal 
46Directorate of IndustriesChirag Ali Lane, Abids 
47Errum ManzilPunjagutta 
48Falaknuma PalaceFalaknuma 
49Gandhi Medical College old building. Demolished[9]Basheerbagh
50Golden ThresholdNampally Station Road, Abids 
51Hyderabad Public SchoolBegumpet 
52Jama MasjidCharminar 
53Jawahar Bal BhavanPublic Gardens, Nampally 
54Jhamsingh Temple – Gate PortionMehdipatnam
55Jubilee HallNampally 
56Kaman Chatta BazarDarulshifa
57King Koti Complex: a) Hospital (old) b) Usman Mansion c) Nazri Bagh . Partially demolished. [9]Hyderguda 
58British Residency Complex (Women’s College, Koti)Koti 
59Kishan Bagh TempleBahadurpura 
60Lakshmi Paper Mart’s BuildingJames Street 
61Nizamia ObservatoryPanjagutta 
62Maharaja Chandulal TempleAlwal 
63Mahboob Chowk MosqueMahboob Chowk
64Mahboob MansionMalakpet 
65Malwala Palace – Main Courtyard, Secondary Courtyard & Residential quarters. Demolished. [9]Charminar
66Manjhli Begum Ki Haveli. Demolished. [9]Shali Banda road
67Mushk MahalAttapur
68Moghulpura TombsMoghalpura
69Mohanlal Malani’s residenceJames Street
70Monty’s Hotel Demolished. [9]Parklane, Secunderabad
71Mosquenear Jhamsingh Temple, Mehedipatnam
72Moazzam Jahi MarketMojam Jahi Market 
73Nanu Bhai G. Shah’s BuildingSultan Bazar
74Nizam ClubSaifabad
75Nizam CollegeBasheerbagh 
76Osmania Arts CollegeHyderabad 
77Osmania General HospitalAfzal Gunj 
78Lady Hydari ClubBasheerbagh
79Paigah Palace (Vikhar-ul-Umra Palace)Begumpet 
80Parsi Fire TempleSecunderabad 
81Prakash BuildingShivajinagar
82Princess Esin Women’s Educational CentrePurani Haveli
83Puranapul bridgePurana Pul 
84Purani Haveli ComplexPathar Gatti 
85Qila Kohna & MosqueSaroornagar
86Raja Bhagwandas BuildingSultan Bazar
87Shahi Jilu Khana (Deleted from list [14] )Ghansi Bazaar
88Shahi Khilwat Khana
89Sitaram Bagh TempleMangalghat 
90Spanish MosqueBegumpet 
91St. George’s Church, HyderabadAbids 
92St. Mary’s Church, SecunderabadSecunderabad 
93St. John’s Church, SecunderabadMarredpally 
94St Joseph’s Cathedral, HyderabadAbids 
95Shamraj Bahadur – Gate PortionShah-Ali-Banda
96Vikhar ManzilBegumpet 
97Victoria Memorial OrphanageSaroornagar 
98Victoria Maternity HospitalAsaf Jahi Road
99Government Unani HospitalCharminar 
100Vilayath ManzilBegumpet
101Homeopathic Hospital (Moti Mahal)Mahboob Chowk, Motigalli
102Fakhr-ul-Mulk TombSanathnagar
103Vijay Marie ChurchAC Guards, Masab Tank
104Puranmal SamadhiSitaram Bagh
105Hill Fort PalaceAdarsh Nagar 
106D. Lakshmaiah’s residence,Monda Market
107D. Pentaiah’s residenceMonda Market
108Sardar MahalMoghal Pura
109Raza Ali BungalowNear Fever Hospital
110Façade – Baitul GhousMoazzam Jahi Market
111Façade – Hifazath Hussain
112Goshamal BaradariGoshamahal 
113Prem Chand’s residenceSardar Patel Road
114Shyam Rao Chungi’s residencePadmarao Nagar
115Dilkusha Guest HouseRaj Bhavan Road
116College of NursingRaj Bhavan Road
117Yousuf TekriTolichowki
118Khusro Manzil. Demolished. [9]A.C. Guards
119Devdi Ranachand – Ahotichand, (Deleted). Demolished[9]Mehdipatnam
120Panj Mahalla Demolished. [9]Lingampally
121Parwarish BaghLingampally
122Central Bank BuildingKoti
123Mini Bal BhavanPublic Garden
124Taj Mahal hotel (Old Block),Abids 
125Ravi Bar, Troop Bazar (Deleted from list by Government and demolished[15])Troop Bazaar
126Hyderabad Central Building Division’s officeMoazzam Jahi Market
127Roshan MahalMoghal Pura
128Central Co-operative Training CollegeNizam College Road
129Mahboobia Girls High School & Junior College Madraasa-E-Aliya,Gunfoundry 
130Reddy HostelAbids
131Mahal WanaparthiJambagh Road, Mozamjahi Market 
132A. Majeed Khan’s residencePurani Haveli
133Old M.C.H. Office,Darush Shifa
134Greenlands Guest HouseBegumpet
135Raj Bhavan Old BuildingRaj Bhavan
136Old Jail ComplexMonda Market Road
137St. George’s Grammar School ComplexAbids 
138Wesley ChurchSecunderabad
139Nampally SaraiNampally
140Bhoiguda KamanMangalhaat
141IAS Officers AssociationGreenlands, Begumpet
142St. Mary’s PresbyterySt. Anns School, Secunderabad
143Krishna Reddy’s Building . Demolished. [9]Mehdipatnam

Heritage rock formations in Hyderabad

In addition to various buildings, INTACH has classified various rock formation under heritage category.[16][17] These are

Sl. NoRock structureLocationImage
1“Bear’s Nose”inside Shilparamam, Madhapur
2“Cliff Rock”Jubilee Hills
3Hillocks around Durgam Cheruvu Lake,Jubilee Hills
4“Monster Rock”near Film Nagar Jubilee Hills
5“Obelisk”Jubilee Hills
6“Mushroom Rock”inside the University of Hyderabad Campus 
7Rock ParkOld Bombay Road near Dargah Hussain Shah Wali
8Sentinel Rocknear Moula-Ali 
9Rocks at Maula Ali’s DargahMoula-Ali 
10“Toadstool”next to Blue Cross, Jubilee Hills

See also

References

  1. ^ “‘Heritage Conservation Committee'”. HMDA. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. ^ “‘Heritage Hyderabad City'”. INTACH Hyderabad Chapter. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ^ “‘Heritage status for 19 more buildings'”. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. ^ “‘Government indifferent to heritage structures'”. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  5. ^ “Monty’s in bag, heritage soldiers to keep fighting”. Times of India. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  6. ^ “Revised Development Plan (Master Plan) of erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Area (HMDA Core Area) – Approved” (PDF). Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department – Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. ^ “’63rd Meeting: Minutes'”. Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  8. ^ “‘GOM'”. Principal Secretary to Government, State Government. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j “Hyderabad Heritage Audit 2023”. The Deccan Archive. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  10. ^ “Aliabad Sarai cries for attention”. The Hindu. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. ^ “Hyderabad: Another heritage building Ameen Manzil demolished”. Deccan Chronicle. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ^ “National Mission on Monumnets and Antiques”. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ^ Iyer, Lalita (2 September 2018). “Hyderabad: Oasis of peace in the crowd”. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  14. ^ “Crumbling Shahi Jilu Khana knocked out of heritage list”. Times of India. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  15. ^ “’63rd Meeting: Minutes'”. Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  16. ^ “INTACH”. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  17. ^ “Rock of Ages”. India Today. 13 March 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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