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The Big Fat Hyderabadi Food Walk is here again for the World Heritage Week! Read more about what to expect here:

Big Fat Hyderabadi Food Walk: From succulent kebabs to famous Irani chai

A group of history and food aficionados toured the 1.2 km stretch of the Nampally and Mallepally area, and the best food joints

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#Secunderabad Railway Station, 1948. (c) Jack Birns

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Secunderabad Railway Station, September 1948

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Mir Osman Ali Khan's convoy passing through empty streets of Charminar to King Koti Palace as Hyderabad surrenders to the Indian Union, 17 September 1948. ©Jack Birns

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Charminar illuminated at night during the visit of Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow and his wife to Hyderabad, May 1938.

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Central Market (now Moazzam Jahi Market) under construction

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Unani Dawakhana, Charminar. 1948 (c) Jack Birns.

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Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan at the Shahi Masjid at Bagh e Aam (Public Gardens) 1948

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Today is the 422nd death anniversary of Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the fifth Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty, the founder of the city of Hyderabad.

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Today 01 Muharram 1443 Hijri (10-11 August 2021) marks the 443rd anniversary of the foundation of the city of Hyderabad by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Hyderabad was founded on 01-01-1000 Hijri (1591 CE) and the Charminar was the first building to be built in the new city.

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Hyderabad Street Scene,Afzal Darwaza, 1948.

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The Charminar, 1964. #Hyderabad

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Ramzan is here and so are the Haleem stalls. Here is a visual explainer on how a special oven, known as the Haleem ki Bhatti, is constructed across Hyderabad city.

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Osmania General Hospital, a photographic thread. View of the hospital from the Afzal Gunj bridge.

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The Toli Masjid, Karwan. Late Qutb Shahi Style. 1671.

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Map showing buildings of the Qutb Shahi period in #Hyderabad .

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#Dakhni #Cartography This map is by Idara-e-Intezami, of Char Minar, Hyderabad. They were published by the Matubuaa Rafiq Machine Press and the Fine Art Lithographer Co, of Machili Kamaan, Hyderabad-Deccan in the year 1955.

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Since my friends @DeccanArchive and @indohistoricus are on a roll with archival photographs of #Hyderabad and Charminar why should I be left behind. Here it goes. Isn't it beautiful?

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Today, 14 Dhu'l-Qi'dah 1442 Hijri (25 July 2021) is the death anniversary of Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan. Here is the Nizam photographed standing in his King Koti Palace, 1948.

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The vaults of the Asaf Jahi monarch, Makkah Masjid. Built in granite, during Nizam Osman Ali Khan's reign in the year 1914.

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Mumtaz Mansion, Lakdi ka Pul. 1986.

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The Hyderabad Public School originally was originally an elitist educational institute known as the Jagirdar's College.

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Grand Mosque, Qutb Shahi Necropolis.

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View from gallery, Charminar. (c) Arjun Mangaldas1986

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The Big Fat Hyderabadi Food Walk #3 is here! This Friday! We walk through the Nampally - Mallepally stretch eating lots of street food and also learn about 20th century modernisation of #Hyderabad under the Nizam with @hydwalkingco

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The #Secunderabad Railway Station building being given the finishing touches, September 1948. The NSR on top stands for Nizam State Railway. In 2023, the new facelift of the Secunderabad Station will most likely replace the historic building depicted here. Photo by Jack Birns,AP

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Great Banyan Tree at Maula Ali, with the hillock in the backdrop. Raja Deen Dayal 1888. #Hyderabad

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Bachelors building, Jambagh. 1948.

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Nampally Railway Station, September 1948. (c) Jack Birns, LIFE Magazine collection.

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Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur and his daughter-in-law Princess Durrushehvar Sultan, reviewing the Hyderabadi troops march from the royal box at the Fateh Maidan Pavilion, probably for the last time as the Nizam of #Hyderabad in the year 1948.

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After the Great Musa Flood of 1908, the Hyderabad Government tasked M Vishveshvaraya to curb the menacing floods in the Musi. The result was the damming of the river at Gandipet village. (1/n)

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Qutb Shahi Tomb from Golconda, #Hyderabad . 1948.

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#OsmaniaUniversity has been trending right now to demand the restoration of the original logo. Here's our original post that has been in circulation on tweets. P.S. we aren't the ones who began the campaign.

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On the night of 27 - 28 September 1908, the Musa basin received 17 inches of rainfall over night due to a cloudburst, resulting in flash floods and widespread destruction of the core city. In the aftermath of the flood, (1/n)

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A horse cart at Khairatabad, Hyderabad. August 1948.

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Residency Bazar (Sultan Bazar) Clock Tower, 1986.

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Discover the hidden treasures of Osmania University, one of India's oldest and most prestigious institutions, with our exciting heritage walk this Sunday, 19 February 2023 - 8 AM at the prestigious Arts College. Register here:

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The Nizam of Hyderabad in his Napier Car, with the Afzal Darwaza (now demolished) in the background. The Graphic, June 24 1916.

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Join us for a walk at the Qutb Shahi Necropolis to explore the unique gardens of Golconda. DM to RSVP.

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Join us for a delicious food walk tomorrow evening at Charminar! Register here:

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Hyderabad street view, 1948.

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Patthergatti, 1986. Masjid Khadeer Yaar Khan in view on the left covered with an advert of Charminar cigarettes.

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Bagh e Aam gate, #Hyderabad 1888 CE, courtesy: Lala Deen Dayal collections.

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Charminar, Jummatul Vida, 06 January 1967. (c) Paolo Koch.

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Five years ago on this day, I started a lazy anonymous blog trying to rewrite Deccan’s history without false narratives. The vision behind the blog was to expand it into a digital repository of all study material about the Deccan under one roof, physically and digitally.

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At around 11 AM on 28 of September 1908, a great wave of floodwaters from the Musi entered the city of Hyderabad. The highest flood level at Afzalgunj was 13 feet from the road level.

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Did you know @osmania1917 Osmania University conferred an honorary degree to Yasser Arafat, Chief of Palastinian Liberation Organisation? #Hyderabad

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Chundoo Lal's sati Ghaut, Puranapul, Hyderabad. View of riverside ghat, looking across the Musi towards the temple on the far side and the Old Bridge on the left. Photograph from 1908.

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Oldest of the clubs in Hyderabad, it was established on the pattern of cantonment clubs in British India and opened on 26 April 1878, meant mainly for the military officers and railway officials in the area. #Secunderabad #SecunderabadClub

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#Hyderabad 100 years ago

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Do you love old maps? Do you like to see how different our streets were a century ago? Join us on the first Map Walk as we explore the Charminar heritage precinct with century old maps! This is the second in our series of our Map Walks! Sunday 7 AM!

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Naya Pul or the Afzal Gunj bridge. Late 19th century. Photographed by Lala Deen Dayal.

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Our book #Hyderabad Deccan Illustrated is back in a brand new avatar! Pre-order the second edition at just Rs 300! Place your orders here:

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Saidani Ma's tomb, Secunderabad, 1986.

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Nizam VII taking oath as Rajpramukh of Hyderabad State on 26 January 1950 at Jubilee Hall #RepublicDay #Hyderabad

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Golconda Fort, 1966.

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Fateh Rahbar gun at Petla Burj, Golconda. 1888 2021

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Beautifully lit up British Residency #Hyderabad from our heritage walk today!

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🧵👇 The British Residency building aka Koti Women's College aka Mahila Vidyapeetham in #Hyderabad has been restored. In the process, the history and heritage were peeled away to reveal the complex story of the grand edifice.

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St Joseph's Cathedral, Gunfoundry, #Hyderabad . Completed in 1891. Photograph © Arjun Mangaldas, Courtesy of the Aga Khan Visual Archive, M.I.T. 1986

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September 1948: Migration due to Operation Polo, erstwhile #Hyderabad State

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Inscription on the Fateh Rehbar Gun, Petla Burj, Golconda Hyderabad. Translation: Epigraphia Indomoslemica 1912 G. Yazdani

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On the last evening of the year, join us to explore the hidden marvels within the Qutb Shahi tombs complex as we witness the last sunset of the year from one of the most scenic spots of the city. Register here: #Hyderabad

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Nirankar Nagar huts and the railway line, Lakdi-ka-Pul, Hyderabad 1986.

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Hyderabadi Sarojini Naidu - Bulbul e Hind, the Nightingale of India reciting verses from the poem Khak-e-Hind by Chakbast Brij Narayan during the beginning of her speech.