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Mallepally
Mallepally is located near Asifnagar in Hyderabad, India. It is a locality in Hyderabad District and one of the old suburbs that have existed for a long while now. It is one of the oldest localities to exist in the history of Hyderabad during the time of Nizams. The major colonies are Vijayanagar Colony, Aghapura Colony, Bazargaat Colony and Sitarambagh. Major landmarks are Badi Masjid popularly known as Tabligi Jamat Mosque (Nizam's era), Glory Cinema Talkies (1935; earlier known as Zia and Sham Talkies), SBH Branch (1973) and Housing Board Colony (1956). History Mallepally was built by fifth Asafjahi ruler – Afzal Ud Daula next to the Afzal Sagar tank which was one of the largest tank. Many people from Mallepally emigrated from India to the western countries. In the early 19th century, Malay people used to stay at this place and that's how the area got its name. In the early 20th century, Hyderabad faced much flooding by the Musi River and subsequently led to a pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaz Ahmed (volleyball)
Riaz Ahmed (born 7 April 1939) is a former volleyball player from India. He represented the India national team as a senior player at the 1966 Asian Games. Career Riaz Ahmed was born in Mallepally, a suburb of Hyderabad. He was the eldest son of Syed Mohammed Rizvi and Afsar Jahan. He was encouraged to play volleyball from his Soccer coach in high school, because he noticed how Riaz was a one of a kind Athlete. In 1958, Riaz became a member of the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy volleyball team. In 1960, he joined the India men's national volleyball team camp with Tilakam Gopal, Abdul Basith, Balwant Singh and many other Police cadets. Riaz represented the National Team several times from 1961 to 1973. Riaz played for India's national volleyball team in the Asian Games in Bangkok (1966), where India took the 4th Seat . He was one of the Indian team's most Senior players that influenced great players such as Jimmy George who played in the Asian Games in Tehran (1974) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Nagar
Asif Nagar is a major locality in the western part of Hyderabad, India. It is located north of the Musi River near Mehdipatnam. It is a mandal in the Hyderabad District and one of the oldest suburbs that have existed for a long while. This used to be a legislative assembly seat but was delimited and now it comes under the Nampally seat. ACP Office for West Zone for Hyderabad Police is situated here. Etymology The name "Asaf" is derived from the Asaf Jahi Dynasty the Nizam of Hyderabad. Nagar is the Urdu, Hindi and Dakahini word for town or colony. Legislature In the Lok Sabha: Asif Nagar belongs to the Hyderabad Constituency with currently Asaduddin Owasi of the AIMIM party being the MP. In the Telangana Legislative Assembly: Jaffer Hussain Meraj of the AIMIM party is the MLA of the Nampally Constituency. (This used to be a legislative assembly seat but was delimited.) and in the GHMC Ghousia Sultana of AIMIM is the corporator (Asif Nagar Constituency) Commer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tablighi Jamaat
Tablighi Jamaat (, also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is a transnational Deobandi Islamic missionary movement that focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant and encouraging fellow members to return to practising their religion as per the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and secondarily give dawah (calling) to non-Muslims. "One of the most widespread Sunni" ''islah'' (reform) and ''daʿwa'' (missionary) organizations "in the world today", and called "one of the most influential religious movements in 20th-century Islam," the organisation is estimated to have between 12 and 80 million adherents worldwide, in over 150 countries, with the majority living in South Asia. The group encourages its followers to undertake short-term preaching missions (''khuruj''), lasting from a few days to a few months in groups of usually forty days and four months, to preach to Muslims reminding them of "the core teachings of the Prophet Muhammad" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allama Hairat Badayuni
''Allāmah'' ( ar, عَلَّامة, Urdu and , meaning "learned"), also spelled ''Allāma'' and ''Allama'' and “ Allameh “, is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great learned one. The title is carried by scholars of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) and philosophy. It is used as an honorific in Sunni Islam as well as in Shia Islam, mostly in South Asia, the Middle East and Iran. Sunnis and Shias who have achieved scholarship in several disciplines are often referred to by the title. It is also used for philosophers, such as Allama Iqbal. See also * Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi * Shaykh al-Islām * List of ayatollahs * List of marjas Maraji are the supreme legal authority for Twelver Shia Muslims. The following articles contain lists of Maraji: * List of current Maraji'' * List of deceased Maraji'' See also * Marja' *Ijtihad *Hawza * Risalah (fiqh) *List of Ayatollahs *List ... References Arabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaukat Kaifi
Shaukat Kaifi (21 October 1926 – 22 November 2019), also credited as Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and the Progressive Writers Association (IWA), which were the cultural platforms of the Communist Party of India. Biography Shaukat Kaifi was born into a Shia Muslim family of Uttar Pradesh migrants in Hyderabad State. She grew up in Aurangabad, India. At a young age, she fell in love and married the Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi. They had two children. Their son, Baba Azmi, is a cameraman and now film director. He is married to Tanvi Azmi, the daughter of Usha Kiran, a famous actress. Shaukat and Kaifi's daughter, Shabana Azmi (b. 1950), is among the best actresses of Indian cinema. She is married to noted poet and film lyricist Javed Akhtar. Shaukat and Kaifi, who settled in Mumbai after their wedding, endured many ups an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fani Badayuni
Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 - 27 August 1941), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet. Early life He was schooled at Government High School and graduated from Bareilly College in 1901, studied law at Aligarh Muslim University, earning L.L.B. degree in 1906. Career Badayuni started composing poetry around twenty years of age. In Hyderabad Badayuni migrated to Hyderabad, India after the Nizam's diwan Maharaja Kishan Prasad 'Shad', an Urdu lover and poet, got Fani appointed in the department of education. Bibliography His first collection of poems was published in 1917 from Badaun by Naqib Press. His other published works are: * Baqiyat-e-Fani (1926) published by Maktab-e-Agra * Irfaniyat-e-Fani (1938) published by Anjuman Taraqqi UrduEncyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2 * Fani ki nadir tahriren: Havashi, tasrihat aur tanqidi ja'ize ke sath by Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (1968) * Intikhab-i Fani (Silsilah-yi matbu°at) by Shaukat °Ali Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawarma
Shawarma (; ar, شاورما) is a popular Middle Eastern dish that originated in the Ottoman Empire, consisting of meat cut into thin slices, stacked in a cone-like shape, and roasted on a slowly-turning vertical rotisserie or spit. Traditionally made with lamb or mutton, it may also be made with chicken, turkey, beef, or veal. Thin slices are shaved off the cooked surface as it continuously rotates. Shawarma is a popular street food in the greater Middle East, including Egypt, Iraq, and the Levant. Etymology ''Shawarma'' is an Arabic rendering of Turkish term ''çevirme'' (, "turning"), referring to the turning rotisserie. History Although the roasting of meat on horizontal spits has an ancient history, the shawarma technique—grilling a vertical stack of meat slices and cutting it off as it cooks—first appeared in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire, in what is now Turkey, in the form of doner kebab. Both the Greek gyros and shawarma are derived from this. Shawarma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nampally, Hyderabad
Nampally is one of the biggest City Center of Hyderabad New City, India. It is also a mandal in Hyderabad District. The biggest landmarks are Ibrahim's house and Hyderabad Deccan Station, locally known as the Nampally railway station. History Nampally derives its name from a Persian Diwan of Hyderabad, Raza Ali Khan whose title was ''Nekh-Nam-Khan''. A jagir was granted to him, Nekh-Nampally, which became ‘Nampally’. The Nampally Railway Station was built in 1907 by Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Railway Station, popularly known as "Nampally Station", was used mostly as goods siding while the Secunderabad Railway Station (built in 1874) saw its first train on 9 October 1874 when the Wadi-Secunderabad line was commissioned by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. The Hyderabad Railway Station had to wait till 1921 before the first passenger train came chugging in. The delay was because the Begumpet Railway Station was being construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System
The Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System, commonly abbreviated MMTS, is a suburban rail system in Hyderabad, India. A joint venture of the government of Telangana and the South Central Railway, it is operated by the latter. The system operates on three main routes: Falaknuma–Lingampalli, Hyderabad–Falaknuma and Hyderabad–Lingampalli. History The first phase was opened to the public on 9 August 2003 by Deputy Prime Minister of India L.K. Advani. The second phase was opened by N.Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. The system has three lines, with total length of . In May, 2010, Indian Railways decided to take over the Phase II project at an estimated cost of 641 crore. The Railway Board cleared the second phase after the state government agreed to fund two-thirds of the cost, and it is under construction. Phase I The first phase was completed at a cost of , and it was inaugurated on 9 August 2003 by Deputy Prime Minister of India L. K. Advani. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSRTC
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Many other Indian metro towns in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and Chhattisgarh are also linked with the services of TSRTC. It serves about 6 million passengers every day, having three zones and services operating through 97 depots. History Road transport corporation in Telangana State was first established as NSRRTD ( Nizam State Rail & Road Transport Department), a wing of Nizam State Railway in the erstwhile Hyderabad State, in 1932, with 27 buses and 166 employees. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) was established on 11 January 1958 in pursuance of the Road Transport Corporations Act 1950. Consequent upon bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state into Telangana and residual Andhra Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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