HERITAGE CAPITAL HYDERABAD-2008
SARDAR MAHAL “Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall” - Frank Lloyd Wright
The Sardar Mahal was built in European style by Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan in 1900 for one of his favourite wives, Sardar Begum. The building subsequently took her name. The Mahal, in which the Nizam stayed for a brief while, was initially given on rent to the Charminar Unani Hospital and later the City Civil Court operated out of it. However, in 1962, the erstwhile MCH bought it and set up a permanent base there.
LOCATION: NEAR CHARMINAR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: INDO-EUROPEAN TYPOLOGY: INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS
The Mahal which currently houses Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) south zone office will soon be converted into a heritage museum by the department of tourism as part of the Charminar pedestrianisation project (CPP). The Mahal is planned to be restored to its former glory at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.
NIZAM CLUB “Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom” - William Penn
Considered to be a jewel in the crown of 400 years old Hyderabad, the Nizam Club has already completed 100 years. The club was established by the sixth Nizam, Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur as an alternative to the Secunderabad Club. Thus, Nizam Club came into existence on September 26, 1884. The club was initially housed at the Abid Centre, and was shifted to its present location opposite the Assembly in 1906.
LOCATION: OPP. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, SAIFABAD ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: INDO-EUROPEAN TYPOLOGY: OTHER BUILDINGS
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