Rashtrapati Nilayam (literally the "President's House") formerly known as Residency House is the official retreat of the

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located in

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, where the President stays for at least two weeks during winter and conducts official business. It is also used as a guest house for visiting dignitaries. It is located in Bollaram in

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, a neighborhood of Hyderabad. It is open for public viewing for several days in early January annually.

History

Originally the Residency House, was constructed in 1860 by

Nizam The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...

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. It became the country house of the

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at Secunderabad. After the

Hyderabad state Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...

's integration into Indian Union (Read

Operation Polo Operation Polo was the code name of the Hyderabad "police action" in September 1948, by the then newly independent Dominion of India against Hyderabad State. It was a military operation in which the Indian Armed Forces invaded the Nizam-rule ...

) in 1948, it became President's retreat and used as ''Southern Sojourn''. * *

Architecture

The 16-room estate is spread over an area of , consisting of single storied building besides visitors' quarters that can accommodate 150 people. It has a Dining Hall, Darbar Hall, Morning room, Cinema Hall, etc. Unique aspect of this Rashtrapati Nilayam is that the kitchen and dining hall are independent buildings connected with a tunnel to take food. Residency House Bolarum

The retreat's premises comprises landscaped garden, seasonal flowering plants and display of potted plants around the main building, natural cascading water falls and seven different types of nutrition gardens of Mango, Pomegranate, Guava, Amla, Coconut and Cheeku(Sapota).

Garden

The Herbal Garden, inaugurated in December 2009, of medicinal and aromatic plants is spread over 7,000 sq metres, has about 116 species of medicinal and aromatic plants including sarpagandha, kalabandha, citronella, lemon grass, khus, geranium, coriander, sandalwood, tuber rose, jasmine, kalmegh, tulsi etc. The garden was built by

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and the Telangana Medicinal Plants Board, while Rashtrapati Bhavan and National Medicinal Plants Board funded the project.

References

External links

The official web site of President of India: President's RetreatsTimes of India
Hyderabad State Official residences in India Buildings and structures in Secunderabad Tourist attractions in Hyderabad, India Presidential residences in India Palaces in Hyderabad, India {{India-gov-stub

History

Architecture

Garden

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