Hyderabad
61 books
For 75 years, the Deccan Chronicle has been the newspaper for the city of Hyderabad. The year 2013 marked our anniversary, a milestone, and a tribute to reporting on events and people from this grand old city.
We documented Hyderabad's tumultuous social and political events, witnessed the sunset over the fiefdom carved out in the eighteeth century from the grand Mughal empire and now, there's a new dawn again. Never has a region changed so much, in so little ...
This guidebook is the first to showcase the magnificent monuments of the twin cities of Golconda and Hyderabad, the successive capitals of the Qutb Shahi sultans and the Asaf Jahis, the latter usually referred to by their title as the Nizams. Golconda’s massive fortifications and defensive gateways, as well as its decaying palaces, pavilions, stores and barracks give the best possible idea of one of India’s wealthiest and grandest royal cities in the ...
A unique collection of seventy eight multi-colour Miniature Paintings of eighteenth century Hyderabad, unpublished, so far except a few are presented here for the first time. They are from a contemporary Persian manuscript Tuzuke I Asafia of Tajalli Ali Shah, preserved at the National Museum, New Delhi. Tajalli Ali Shah, a native of Hyderabad, was a Persian scholar, poet, Calligrapher and an expert artist who has produced excellent miniature paintings as a eye ...
The birth of Hyderabad is rooted in two legends. One is the early-teen love affair of Prince Mohammad Quli with Bhagmati, a beautiful singer and dancer. The other is the decree issued by him as the sultan of Golkonda that a new city should be constructed which should be a replica of heaven. When the city was ready, he named it Bhagnagar after his beloved Bhagmati. Over the five centuries following its founding in 1591, numerous new legends have come to be ...
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Materials and methods. 3. Aquatic and semiaquatic insects: hemiptera. 4. Aquatic and semiaquatic insects: coleoptera. 5. Checklist of aquatic coleoptera. 6. Summary. 7. Acknowledgements. 8. References. 9. Plates.
The story of the fall of Hyderabad State has been told a good many times. Told mostly by the ‘court historians’ of Indian nationalism, this study seeks to revise the official historical account of the ‘police action’ (1948) led by the Indian army against the forces and government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Destruction of Hyderabad provides a detailed record of the diplomatic exchanges between the Government of India and the Government ...
A delectable mix of Arabic, Mughlai and traditional South Indian influences, today’s Hyderabadi cuisine is the legacy of the Nizams of Hyderabad, whose khansamas were skilled in the use of spices to bring distinctive flavours to the table.
Digging into the 400-year-old history of the royal kitchens of the Nizams, Geeta Devi brings to you a scrumptious array of Hyderabadi recipes to stimulate the palate. From Patthar ka Gosht and Paneer Golkonda to Haleem ...
It is 1948. A newly-independent India is trying to persuade Hyderabad to join the Indian Union. Negotiations are difficult for both sides. The State Congress, now operating from Indian territory, has launched a campaign of violent raids, designed to cripple civil administration in the border areas, and provoke an annexation. The leading Islamic party inside Hyderabad, in an equally rash move, has created a para-military body, the Razakars, to counter the threat ...
A Guide to the Heritage of Hyderabad: The Natural and the Built is a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the history of Hyderabad and its heritage. It talks about the significance, the value and the architecture of each heritage structure. The scaled road maps and the sketches in the book are meant to facilitate visits to different heritage sites of the city. The book captures the city in all its beauty and is a befitting ode to the city and ...
The Pictorial Hyderabad book contains an amazing quality of information of historic value on variety of themes pertaining to the Erst-while Hyderabad State enlisting the details of functioning of Samsthanams, Jagirs, Biographical notes of not only several important personalities of the time, Nobles, Officials, Jagirdars but also statutes of various Castes, Tribes, Culture, Customs and Religious functions etc. I am, rather privileged to inform that this Book has ...
This is the first comprehensive exclusive book about the Art and Architecture of the royal palaces of the Nizams which recaptures the sublime spirit of the opulent oriental life and culture in Hyderabad, where the magnificient, lavish and exotic court of the Asaf Jahi rulers flourished from 1720 to 1948. the grandeur of oriental culture reached its zenith in the later half of the 19th century during the times of the sixth Nizam and it was continued by his ...
This book is a critical assessment of the history of forestry and forest administration in the Nizam's Dominions or the Hyderabad State from 1867 to 1948. It seeks to document and analyse the emergence of state forest management in the Hyderabad State. In addition, it examines the process of enactment of Forest Acts and policies, commercial exploitation of forest resources and the popular response to the newly set up forest administration and management. The ...