Mahdi Nawaz Jang (1894-1967), scion of the Bilgrami family, minister in the State cabinets during the 1950s, 1960s. He built the deori appropriately named Kohistan, on Road number 04 at Banjara Hill...
He arrived from Burhanpur, in the reign of Nizam Ali Khan (d.1803) like most Hyderabadi sayyids. Shujaauddin Husayn moved into the precincts of the Jama Masjid, though he is buried in the Dargah at ...
Facing the Husain Sagar Lake, on the Saifabad road, to the northwest of the Black Rocks, is a most charming villa called Shapurwadi. It was built in 1879-80 by its present owner and occupant, Shapurj...
The home of poet, socialite and politician Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) and her less famous husband Dr Govindrajulu Naidu. Located on Nampally Station Road, this charming mansion of arcaded verandah is...
