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“A city is not just about concrete structures and physical infra. Its soul lies in its culture, heritage, and historic monuments” : Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao - KTR
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurating the Salar Jung Museum in 1951. The museum is the world's single largest collection by an individual - Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III, one of the prime ministers in the princely state.

History of Charminar

Charminar was built by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty when he shifted his capital from Golconda to Hyderabad. The old city of Hyderabad was designed keeping Charminar as the centre of the city. The monument was built in order to commemorate the decision and eradication of plague from the city. It is known as Charminar as it is supported by four minarets on four sides.

Structure of Charminar

The Charminar is a square structure 20 meters in length from each side. It has four grand arches that face a fundamental point that open into four streets. There stands a 56 meters tall minaret at each corner with a double balcony. Each minaret has a dome on top with petal like designs at the base. You need to climb 149 steps to reach the upper floor.
The structure is made of granite, mortar, marble and limestone. There is a mosque located at the western end of the open roof. You can get a bird's eye view of the city from the balconies of Charminar. The devout people could offer prayers in a very peaceful manner inside the mosque.

Facts about Charminar

According to many old tales, there seems to exist a secret tunnel between the Charminar which leads way to the Golconda Fort. Many people of also said that there might be treasures hidden there but no one has been able to locate any such thing till now. At present, there are many high-rise buildings in the city of Hyderabad, but at the time it was built, Charminar was the first multi-storeyed building in the city. An important fact about Charminar is that there is a cat's head that is designed in the apex of one of the small arches on the eastern side because cats help in keeping away rats and rats once almost destroyed Hyderabad.

HYDERABAD: NIZAM of Hyderabad & Rolls
Royce Story

One day during his visit to London, Nawab Of
Hyderabad was walking in casual dress in Bond
Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and
went inside to inquire about the Price and
Features etc. of their cars.

Considering him a just another Poor Indian
citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and
almost showed him the way out of the
showroom. After this insult, Nawab Of
Hyderabad came back to his Hotel room and
asked his servants to call the showroom that
Nawab Of Hyderabad is interested in
purchasing their few Cars.

After few hours Nawab reached the Rolls Royce
showroom again but with his full astonishing
royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he
reached the showroom there was already red
carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were
bent with respect. The Nawab purchased all the
six cars that they had at the showroom at that time
and paid the full amount with delivery costs.

After reaching India, Nawab ordered municipal
department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars
for cleaning and transporting the city’s waste.
World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were
being used for transportation of City’s waste,
the news spread all over the world rapidly and
the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in
drains.

Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or
America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people
used to laugh saying, “Which one? The same
that is used in India for carrying the waste of the
City?”

Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls
Royce dropped rapidly and the revenue of company
owners started falling. Then they sent a
Telegram to the king in India for apologies and
requested to stop the transportation of waste in
Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also
offered Six new cars to Nawab free of cost..!!

Mukarram Jah was made the Nizam after his
grandmother died in 1967. Prince Mukarram
Jah was fond of expensive cars and the most
famous and expensive cars could be seen in his
garage. Today, his palace has been turned into
a museum and the cars can be seen in an
exhibition.

When Nizams used cheetahs to hunt prey.

The Nizams entertained foreign dignitaries by taking them on hunting trips.
Archival photographs show how blindfolded were used to chase game in the forests
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Did You Know? The that we see today was built about 500 years ago by Sultan Quli, the founder of Qutub Shahi dynasty in 1518. Earlier, there was an outpost of built of mud. The fort is quake-proof and centralised air conditioning which work without electricity as the fort maintains a temperature inside irrespective of outside weather or temperature..
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