The interior of Bashir-bagh Palace, Hyderabad, India

Basheer Bagh Palace or Bashir Bagh Palace was a palace located in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It was constructed by

Sir Asman Jah Nawab Sir Muhammad Mazharuddin Khan Bahadur (1839 – 18 July 1898), commonly known as Sir Asman Jah or Nawab Sir Asman Jah Bahadur, was an Indian noble who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad from 1887 to 1894. A member of the powerful Pai ...

, a Paigah noble and Prime Minister of Hyderabad state (1887–1894).

History

It was once a palace with great architecture and magnificent interior. The palace was dismantled by the state government after Indian independence, but the area is still known as

Basheerbagh Basheerbagh is a city center of importance in Hyderabad. Now it is a commercial and business center . The area's importance has increased because of its close proximity to other bigger commercial areas such as Abids, Koti, Nampally and Himay ...

. This place has the distinction of playing host to the

Hindustani classical Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

maestro,

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana.Nawab Zahir Yar Jung. He died at this palace on 25 April 1968. An ustad's legacy

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Picture of Bashir Bagh Palace

Hyderabad State Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad Palaces of Paigah of Hyderabad {{India-palace-stub