Basheer Bagh Palace
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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It was constructed by Sir Asman Jah
Sir Asman Jah
Sir Asman Jah or Nawab Asman Jah Bahadur, was a noble man belonging to the Paigah family. He was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad state , India....
, a Paigah
Paigah
Paigah or the Shums ul Umra family was the Premier nobility of the Hyderabad State. They were richer and had larger estates than the average Indian Maharajah, they maintained their own court, their own extraordinary palaces, and their own twelve-thousand-strong private army...
noble and Prime Minister of Hyderabad state
Hyderabad State
-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...
(1887–1894).
History
It was once a palaces with great architecture and magnificent interiors. The palace was dismantled by the state government after Indian independence, but the area is still known as BasheerbaghBasheerbagh
Basheerbagh is a city center of importance in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It is a commercial and business center as well as a residential neighbourhood. The area's importance has increased because of its close proximity to other bigger commercial areas such as Abids, Koti, Nampally and Himayat...
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This place has the distinction of playing host to the Hindustani classical maestro, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who stayed here in his final years of his life, patronized by Nawab Zahir Yar Jung. He died at this palace on 25 April 1968.
External links
- http://www.deendayal.com/palaces.htm Picture of Bashir Bagh Palace
- http://www.primetimeprism.com/hyd/hyd4hyrs.html Picture of the palace