Paper I · 14 Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts & Literature of Telangana · 14.5 Heritage, monuments and forts

14.5.2 Hyderabad's heritage: Golconda, Charminar, Qutb Shahi tombs, palaces, museums and old railway stations

Hyderabad's heritage comes in two layers — the Qutb Shahi city of Golconda (1518–1687), the Charminar (1591), the Mecca Masjid and the royal tombs (UNESCO Tentative List, 2010) — and the Asaf Jahi city of Chowmahalla, Falaknuma and Purani Haveli, Indo-Saracenic public buildings, the Salar Jung Museum (1951) and the Nizam-era railway stations.

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Key terms

  • Golconda fort
  • Golla Konda
  • Fateh Darwaza
  • Bala Hisar
  • Katora Houz
  • Kollur diamonds
  • Qutb Shahi tombs
  • Ibrahim Bagh
  • Hayat Bakshi Begum
  • Qutb Shahi Heritage Park
  • Aga Khan Trust for Culture
  • stepwells
  • Charminar
  • 1591
  • Mir Momin Astarabadi
  • Mecca Masjid
  • Badshahi Ashurkhana
  • Toli Masjid
  • Purana Pul
  • Dar-ul-Shifa
  • Hussain Sagar
  • Taramati Baradari
  • Chowmahalla Palace
  • Khilwat
  • Falaknuma Palace
  • Viqar-ul-Umra
  • Purani Haveli
  • Nizam's Museum
  • King Kothi
  • Paigah tombs
  • Raymond's tomb
  • British Residency
  • Kirkpatrick
  • High Court
  • Osmania General Hospital
  • Vincent Esch
  • Osmania University Arts College
  • Asafia Library
  • State Central Library
  • Salar Jung Museum
  • Veiled Rebecca
  • State Archaeology Museum
  • Naishu mummy
  • Secunderabad station
  • Nampally station
  • Kacheguda station
  • Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
  • Medak Cathedral
  • St Mary's Church
  • Regulation 13
  • Telangana Heritage Act 2017
  • Creative City of Gastronomy
  • Tentative List

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