History of Hyderabad
The history of Hyderabad
city is a rich and an intriguing one. While touring the city of Nizams, you
might want to know the history behind certain places. Thus it is always better
to have some primary information about the ancestral past and origin of
Hyderabad so that you get an idea as to how the place used to be and how has it
evolved into the present city that it is now.
The Hyderabad city has
witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties. It was during the rule of the
Qutub Shahis that the city flourished and many palaces and beautiful monuments
and forts were built, which added to the beauty of the city. Hyderabad was
previously known as Golconda. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah of the Shahi Dynasty
named it Hyderabad. It is said that he fell in love with a humble courtesan
named Bhagmati. He named the city Bhagyanagar after her. After they got married,
she changed her name to Haider Mahal and that is how the city was named
Hyderabad. Literally translated, Hyderabad means the "city of Haider". Hyderabad
flourished during his reign extensively as it became an important trading zone
for all the merchants coming from Asia and Europe.
The fame and abundant
prosperity of the Hyderabad city reached the ears of the powerful Mughal ruler
Aurangazeb who captured and plundered the wealth of the flourishing Hyderabad
city. Aurangazeb then ruled the city of Hyderabad with his newly appointed Prime
Minister Asaf Jah. When the Mughal rule came to an end, Asaf Jah became the
ruler of the whole Deccan region, which undoubtedly includes Hyderabad city. In
1798 Nizam II, the second Asaf Jahi ruler signed a pact with the British and
East India Company that made the British troops stay nearby. The British chose a
place near the Hussain Sagar Lake and became involved in building Secunderabad,
the twin city of Hyderabad. It was named after the Nizam Sikander Jah.
As
India gained independence, the state got its first democratic government and the
representatives of its 18 million people were initiated to the Constituent
Assembly drafting a constitution for free India. For the following eight years,
Hyderabad continued to be a separate state within the union of India. On
November 1st, 1956, the states of India were restructured on linguistic basis.
Accordingly, the territories of the state of Hyderabad were separated between
newly created Andhra Pradesh, Bombay (later Maharashtra), and Karnataka.
Hyderabad and the surrounding areas were added to Andhra Pradesh based on Telugu
linguistic majority and that is how Hyderabad became the capital of the new
state of Andhra Pradesh.
city is a rich and an intriguing one. While touring the city of Nizams, you
might want to know the history behind certain places. Thus it is always better
to have some primary information about the ancestral past and origin of
Hyderabad so that you get an idea as to how the place used to be and how has it
evolved into the present city that it is now.
The Hyderabad city has
witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties. It was during the rule of the
Qutub Shahis that the city flourished and many palaces and beautiful monuments
and forts were built, which added to the beauty of the city. Hyderabad was
previously known as Golconda. Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah of the Shahi Dynasty
named it Hyderabad. It is said that he fell in love with a humble courtesan
named Bhagmati. He named the city Bhagyanagar after her. After they got married,
she changed her name to Haider Mahal and that is how the city was named
Hyderabad. Literally translated, Hyderabad means the "city of Haider". Hyderabad
flourished during his reign extensively as it became an important trading zone
for all the merchants coming from Asia and Europe.
The fame and abundant
prosperity of the Hyderabad city reached the ears of the powerful Mughal ruler
Aurangazeb who captured and plundered the wealth of the flourishing Hyderabad
city. Aurangazeb then ruled the city of Hyderabad with his newly appointed Prime
Minister Asaf Jah. When the Mughal rule came to an end, Asaf Jah became the
ruler of the whole Deccan region, which undoubtedly includes Hyderabad city. In
1798 Nizam II, the second Asaf Jahi ruler signed a pact with the British and
East India Company that made the British troops stay nearby. The British chose a
place near the Hussain Sagar Lake and became involved in building Secunderabad,
the twin city of Hyderabad. It was named after the Nizam Sikander Jah.
As
India gained independence, the state got its first democratic government and the
representatives of its 18 million people were initiated to the Constituent
Assembly drafting a constitution for free India. For the following eight years,
Hyderabad continued to be a separate state within the union of India. On
November 1st, 1956, the states of India were restructured on linguistic basis.
Accordingly, the territories of the state of Hyderabad were separated between
newly created Andhra Pradesh, Bombay (later Maharashtra), and Karnataka.
Hyderabad and the surrounding areas were added to Andhra Pradesh based on Telugu
linguistic majority and that is how Hyderabad became the capital of the new
state of Andhra Pradesh.
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