Showing posts with label Hyderabad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyderabad. Show all posts

Aug 8, 2021

British Residency at Hyderabad - c1860's


Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library

Tomb of a Mahomedan Lady at Booran Sahib's Durgah, Near Hyderabad - c1860s


Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library

Mahomedan Roadside Tombs near Hyderabad - c1860's


Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library

Entrance to the Tomb of Boorhan Sahib, Near Hyderabad - c1860s


Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library

Very Ancient Jain Temple at Mucktagberry near Ellichpoor, 280 Miles from Hyderabad - c1860s


Photographs from the book: Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.
Source: British Library

Tombs of the Ancient Kings of Golconda - 1860s

Photographs from the book:
Sketches in India; Taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, by Captain Allan N. Scott, Madras Artillery.

Sacrcophagus under the Dome of the Tomb Represented in No.5

Colonnade of the Tom represented in no 9
Source: British Library

Hill Fort of Golconda, Near Hyderabad - 1860s


Source: British Library

Bridge Over the River Moosey Hyderabad - 1860s


Bridge Over the River Moosey Hyderabad - 1860s

Nov 19, 2017

Nizam's procession in Old Hyderabad, taken in 1880s

Nizam's procession in Old Hyderabad, taken in 1880s

This photograph is contributed by scancorner.com, a scanning and photo digitization company.

Hyderabad 1880s

 HH the Nizam's Chowmahela Palace, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

HH the Nizam's Chowmahela Palace, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

The entrance bridge to City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

The entrance bridge to City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

Distant view of City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

Distant view of City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

Apr 22, 2017

Portrait of Azizunisa Begum - Aziz Bagh, Hyderabad, Deccan

Portrait of Azizunisa Begum - Aziz Bagh, Hyderabad, Deccan

Azizunisa Begum was the first daughter of Aziz Jung. From Azizunisa Begum’s first marriage she had one daughter Shahzadi Begum, and Bashiruddin Ahmed. Azizunisa Begum was widowed in a young age. Upon insistence of her father Aziz Jung, she was remarried to Mohammed Hussain Maki. Mr. Makki was employed by Aziz Jung at the time a transcriber of the Aziz-ur-Akhbaar newspaper published by Aziz Jung. Azizunissai Begum had one son and six daughters from her second marriage:

Source: http://www.netnavigate.com/azizbagh/azizdo01.html

Aug 14, 2016

GolKonda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana - c1950-60's






Photographer: Wim Swaan
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Jan 26, 2016

Fateh Rahbar Gun (the guide-to-victory cannon) in Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana - c1888

Fateh Rahbar Gun (the guide-to-victory cannon) in Golconda Fort

The famous Fateh Rahbar (the guide-to-victory cannon) gun positioned atop the Petla Burj of the historical Golconda Fort. This cannon was used by the Aurangazeb Army to storm the Golconda Fort and capture the last Qutb Shahi ruler, Abul Hasan Tana Shah in 1687.

Photographer: Lala Deen Dayal

Youtube video about this gun

Nov 22, 2014

Pahelwans in Hyderabad - c1870

Pahelwans in Hyderabad c1870

Source: pahelwani.com

Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - c1880's

Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - c1880's

Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah. It was 5.7 square kilometres built on a tributary of the River Musi to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. There is a large monolithic statue of the Gautam Buddha in the middle of the lake which was erected in 1992. At the end of the Hussain Sagar one can find the Masjid and Dargah of Sayedani Maa Tomb.
Know more about this lake in Wikipedia

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Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit during visit to annexed Hyderabad - 1949

Jawaharlal Nehru and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru making his first visit to Hyderabad since the native state was brought into the dominion of India, Nehru and his sister bedecked with the garlands presented them by admirers.

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Street Fruit Vendor in Hyderabad, Deccan - India 1928

Street Fruit Vendor in Hyderabad, Deccan - India 1928
Photographer: Martin Hurlimann
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British Residency in Hyderabad - c1880's

British Residency in Hyderabad - c1880's

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Golkonda Fort Near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - India 1928


Photographer: Martin Hürlimann
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The Heavily Guarded and screened main gate of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Palace in Hyderabad, India - 1949


The Heavily Guarded and screened main gate of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Palace in Hyderabad, India. Very few have peeped inside. Although he is still the nominal head of the state, the Nizam reputed the World's richest man, the de facto rular is Maj. Gen. J.M.Chaudhuri, the military governor.

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