Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India

The Heritage Conservation Committee under HUDA was formed by state government in 1981 to retain architectural, historical and social value of buildings. ^[1] Hyderabad Urban Development Authority has listed almost 160 buildings in Hyderabad in Telangana state as heritage structures. Almost 70% of heritage buildings are in private hands. Heritage structures include buildings, monuments, rock structures etc. ^[2]

By notifying such structures, Heritage Conservation Committee in collaboration with (INTACH) works to retain their architectural, historical and social importance and tries to convince the owners not to destroy the listed heritage structures lured by the commercial potential of their properties. The buildings are graded as Grade I, Grade II & Grade III. ^[3] However, experts feel due to lack of support from the state government it has become difficult to preserve the status of these buildings. ^[4] Various buildings such as Ravi Bar, Adil Alam Mansion, Central Building Division & Devdi Ranachand – Ahotichand have been demolished ^[5] but the names of these buildings are still being retained in the list. ^[6]

List of heritage buildings as per HUDA

Following are the list of the heritage buildings in Hyderabad recognized by HUDA. This list is constantly upgraded by HUDA. The buildings proposed by HUDA are to be approved by the state government.( ^[7] )

Sl. No	Building	Location	Image
1	Adil Alam Mansion, (Deleted from list [8] ). Demolished [9]	Nampally	-
2	Afzal Gunj Mosque	Afzal Gunj
3	Air & Land Warfare Building,	Secunderabad	-
4	Aiwan-e-Ali	Chowmahalla Palace	-
5	Aliabad Sarai	Falaknuma-Charminar main road [10]	--
6	Allahuddins Building	Begumpet	-
7	Ameen Manzil. Demolished [11]	Saidabad
8	Amberpet Burj	Amberpet	--
9	State Central Library	Afzal Gunj
10	Andhra Patrika Building [12]	Basheerbagh
11	High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad	Hyderabad
12	State Archaeological Museum	Koti
13	Asmangarh Palace	Malakpet
14	Asman Mahal	Lakdi-ka-pool	-
15	Azha Khana-e-Zehra	Darulshifa
16	Bai Pirojbai Edulji Chenai Parsi Dharamshala	Secunderabad	-
17	Baradari of Nawab Khursheed Jah Bahadur	Hussaini Alam
18	Baitul Ashraf	near Niloufer Hospital	--
19	Baquer Bagh	Saidabad	-
20	Bella Vista (Administrative Staff College of India)	Saifabad
21	Bhagawandas Garden Pavilion	Karawan	-
22	a) Charkaman; b) Machlikaman c) Kalikaman d) Sher-e-Batil-Ki-Kaman	Charminar
23	Chowmahalla Palace	Hyderabad
24	City College	Madina
25	Secunderabad Clock Tower	Secunderabad
26	Clock Tower Sultan Bazaar	Sultan Bazar	-
27	Clock Tower & Ramgopalpet Police Station	James Street
28	Clock Tower Fateh Maidan	Fateh Maidan
30	Clock Tower – Mahboob Chowk	Charminar
31	Dargah Hazrath Shajauddin	Yakutpura	-
32	Dargah Nooruddin Shah Gate portion	Nampally [13]	-
33	Dargah Syed Shah Mir Mahmood Wali	Bahadurpura	-
34	Dargah Yousufain	Nampally	-
35	Darush Shifa & Mosque	Dabeerpura	-
36	Devdi Akram Ali Khan, Gate Portion	Yakutpura	-
37	Devdi Asman Jah	Hussaini Alam	-
38	Devdi Bansilal	Begum Bazar	-
39	Devdi Iqbal-ud-Doula	Shah Gunj
40	Devdi Imaad Jung Bahadur	Gunfoundry	-
41	Devdi Fareed Nawaz Jung	Begumpet
42	Devdi Nawab Shamsheer Jung	Yakutpura	-
43	Devdi Maharaja Kishan Pershad Bahadur	Shalibanda Road	-
44	Dewan Devdi – Gate Portion	Pathar Gatti
45	Gyan Bagh Palace	Goshamahal
46	Directorate of Industries	Chirag Ali Lane, Abids
47	Errum Manzil	Punjagutta
48	Falaknuma Palace	Falaknuma
49	Gandhi Medical College old building. Demolished [9]	Basheerbagh	-
50	Golden Threshold	Nampally Station Road, Abids
51	Hyderabad Public School	Begumpet
52	Jama Masjid	Charminar
53	Jawahar Bal Bhavan	Public Gardens, Nampally
54	Jhamsingh Temple – Gate Portion	Mehdipatnam	-
55	Jubilee Hall	Nampally
56	Kaman Chatta Bazar	Darulshifa	-
57	King Koti Complex: a) Hospital (old) b) Usman Mansion c) Nazri Bagh . Partially demolished. [9]	Hyderguda
58	British Residency Complex (Women’s College, Koti)	Koti
59	Kishan Bagh Temple	Bahadurpura
60	Lakshmi Paper Mart’s Building	James Street
61	Nizamia Observatory	Panjagutta
62	Maharaja Chandulal Temple	Alwal
63	Mahboob Chowk Mosque	Mahboob Chowk	-
64	Mahboob Mansion	Malakpet
65	Malwala Palace – Main Courtyard, Secondary Courtyard & Residential quarters. Demolished. [9]	Charminar
66	Manjhli Begum Ki Haveli. Demolished. [9]	Shali Banda road	-
67	Mushk Mahal	Attapur	-
68	Moghulpura Tombs	Moghalpura	-
69	Mohanlal Malani’s residence	James Street	-
70	Monty’s Hotel Demolished. [9]	Parklane, Secunderabad
71	Mosque	near Jhamsingh Temple, Mehedipatnam	-
72	Moazzam Jahi Market	Mojam Jahi Market
73	Nanu Bhai G. Shah’s Building	Sultan Bazar	-
74	Nizam Club	Saifabad	-
75	Nizam College	Basheerbagh
76	Osmania Arts College	Hyderabad
77	Osmania General Hospital	Afzal Gunj
78	Lady Hydari Club	Basheerbagh	-
79	Paigah Palace (Vikhar-ul-Umra Palace)	Begumpet
80	Parsi Fire Temple	Secunderabad
81	Prakash Building	Shivajinagar	-
82	Princess Esin Women’s Educational Centre	Purani Haveli	-
83	Puranapul bridge	Purana Pul
84	Purani Haveli Complex	Pathar Gatti
85	Qila Kohna & Mosque	Saroornagar
86	Raja Bhagwandas Building	Sultan Bazar	-
87	Shahi Jilu Khana (Deleted from list [14] )	Ghansi Bazaar	-
88	Shahi Khilwat Khana	-	-
89	Sitaram Bagh Temple	Mangalghat
90	Spanish Mosque	Begumpet
91	St. George's Church, Hyderabad	Abids
92	St. Mary's Church, Secunderabad	Secunderabad
93	St. John's Church, Secunderabad	Marredpally
94	St Joseph's Cathedral, Hyderabad	Abids
95	Shamraj Bahadur - Gate Portion	Shah-Ali-Banda	-
96	Vikhar Manzil	Begumpet
97	Victoria Memorial Orphanage	Saroornagar
98	Victoria Maternity Hospital	Asaf Jahi Road
99	Government Unani Hospital	Charminar
100	Vilayath Manzil	Begumpet	-
101	Homeopathic Hospital (Moti Mahal)	Mahboob Chowk, Motigalli	-
102	Fakhr-ul-Mulk Tomb	Sanathnagar	-
103	Vijay Marie Church	AC Guards, Masab Tank	-
104	Puranmal Samadhi	Sitaram Bagh	-
105	Hill Fort Palace	Adarsh Nagar
106	D. Lakshmaiah’s residence,	Monda Market	-
107	D. Pentaiah’s residence	Monda Market	-
108	Sardar Mahal	Moghal Pura
109	Raza Ali Bungalow	Near Fever Hospital	-
110	Façade – Baitul Ghous	Moazzam Jahi Market	-
111	Façade – Hifazath Hussain	-	-
112	Goshamal Baradari	Goshamahal
113	Prem Chand’s residence	Sardar Patel Road	-
114	Shyam Rao Chungi’s residence	Padmarao Nagar	-
115	Dilkusha Guest House	Raj Bhavan Road	-
116	College of Nursing	Raj Bhavan Road	-
117	Yousuf Tekri	Tolichowki	-
118	Khusro Manzil. Demolished. [9]	A.C. Guards
119	Devdi Ranachand – Ahotichand, (Deleted). Demolished [9]	Mehdipatnam	-
120	Panj Mahalla Demolished. [9]	Lingampally	-
121	Parwarish Bagh	Lingampally	-
122	Central Bank Building	Koti	-
123	Mini Bal Bhavan	Public Garden	-
124	Taj Mahal hotel (Old Block),	Abids
125	Ravi Bar, Troop Bazar (Deleted from list by Government and demolished [15] )	Troop Bazaar	-
126	Hyderabad Central Building Division’s office	Moazzam Jahi Market	-
127	Roshan Mahal	Moghal Pura
128	Central Co-operative Training College	Nizam College Road	-
129	Mahboobia Girls High School & Junior College Madraasa-E-Aliya,	Gunfoundry
130	Reddy Hostel	Abids	-
131	Mahal Wanaparthi	Jambagh Road, Mozamjahi Market
132	A. Majeed Khan’s residence	Purani Haveli	-
133	Old M.C.H. Office,	Darush Shifa	-
134	Greenlands Guest House	Begumpet	-
135	Raj Bhavan Old Building	Raj Bhavan	-
136	Old Jail Complex	Monda Market Road	-
137	St. George's Grammar School Complex	Abids
138	Wesley Church	Secunderabad	-
139	Nampally Sarai	Nampally	-
140	Bhoiguda Kaman	Mangalhaat	-
141	IAS Officers Association	Greenlands, Begumpet	-
142	St. Mary's Presbytery	St. Anns School, Secunderabad	-
143	Krishna Reddy's Building . Demolished. [9]	Mehdipatnam	-

Heritage rock formations in Hyderabad

In addition to various buildings, INTACH has classified various rock formation under heritage category. ^{[16] [17]} These are

Sl. No	Rock structure	Location	Image
1	"Bear’s Nose"	inside Shilparamam, Madhapur	-
2	"Cliff Rock"	Jubilee Hills	-
3	Hillocks around Durgam Cheruvu Lake,	Jubilee Hills
4	"Monster Rock"	near Film Nagar Jubilee Hills	-
5	"Obelisk"	Jubilee Hills	-
6	"Mushroom Rock"	inside the University of Hyderabad Campus
7	Rock Park	Old Bombay Road near Dargah Hussain Shah Wali	-
8	Sentinel Rock	near Moula-Ali
9	Rocks at Maula Ali's Dargah	Moula-Ali
10	"Toadstool"	next to Blue Cross, Jubilee Hills	-

See also

• Hyderabad portal

• Heritage conservation
• Architectural conservation
• Sustainable preservation
• World Heritage Site

References

1. "'Heritage Conservation Committee'". HMDA. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
2. "'Heritage Hyderabad City'". INTACH Hyderabad Chapter. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
3. "'Heritage status for 19 more buildings'". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
4. "'Government indifferent to heritage structures'". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
5. "Monty's in bag, heritage soldiers to keep fighting". Times of India. 20 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
6. "Revised Development Plan (Master Plan) of erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Area (HMDA Core Area) – Approved" (PDF). Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department - Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. 21 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
7. "'63rd Meeting: Minutes'". Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
8. "'GOM'". Principal Secretary to Government, State Government. 17 February 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
9. "Hyderabad Heritage Audit 2023". The Deccan Archive. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
10. "Aliabad Sarai cries for attention". The Hindu . 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
11. "Hyderabad: Another heritage building Ameen Manzil demolished". Deccan Chronicle . 22 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
12. "National Mission on Monumnets and Antiques" . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
13. Iyer, Lalita (2 September 2018). "Hyderabad: Oasis of peace in the crowd". Deccan Chronicle . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
14. "Crumbling Shahi Jilu Khana knocked out of heritage list". Times of India. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
15. "'63rd Meeting: Minutes'". Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
16. "INTACH". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
17. "Rock of Ages". India Today. 13 March 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

External links

• "A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India", by Omar Khalidi
• Heritage Capital Hyderabad
• Photo gallery of heritage buildings in Hyderabad
• 63rd Meeting Minutes Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Society to Save Rocks
• Heritage Conservation in Hyderabad
• S2E4 Documenting #Hyderabad : Exploring the City of Pearls' Culture & Architecture Ft. Sibghat Khan