Dhoolpet

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Dhoolpet
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Dhoolpet
Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°22′28″N78°27′39″E / 17.37444°N 78.46083°E / 17.37444; 78.46083
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
Metro Hyderabad
Government
  Body GHMC
   MLA T. Raja Singh (BJP)
   Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
500 006
Lok Sabha constituency Hyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency Goshamahal
Planning agency GHMC

Dhoolpet is a neighbourhoods in the Old City of Hyderabad India, [1] partly inhabited by people who migrated from Uttar Pradesh during the Nizam rule.[ citation needed ] Dhoolpet is part of Goshamahal Assembly constituency in old city. Dhoolpet has a sizeable Hindu migrant population, drawn from north India and Gujarat, among which Lodha community is dominant. [2] 52-feet Hanuman statue is located at Sri Akashpuri Hanuman Mandir in Dhoolpet.

The area is well known for illegal bootlegging. [3] The Jummerat Bazaar (Thursday Market) is a flea market held every Thursday in Dhoolpet. [4]

Transport

Dhoolpet, situated near Afzalgunj, is connected by TSRTC buses (80 from Afzalgunj and 1J and 2J from Sec'bad). The closest MMTS train station is Uppuguda and railway station is Nampally.

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References

  1. "The other face of Dhoolpet".
  2. "How Raja Singh of Hyderabad's Goshamahal Emerged as the New Poster Boy of Hindutva".
  3. "Hyd: 45 held in crackdown on illegal liquor manufacturing". Press Trust of India. 13 October 2014 via Business Standard "The city police have arrested 45 persons in a massive cordon-and-search operation in Dhoolpet area here in a crackdown on manufacturing of illicit liquor...The area is notorious for bootlegging".
  4. "Hyderabad's old faithfuls". The Times of India.