Saroornagar is a

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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 (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. It is located in the

Rangareddy district Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, K ...

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

. It is located in Saroornagar

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of Kandukur

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. This circle (5) comes under L. B. Nagar (East Zone) of

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

. There are five wards in this circle namely Saroornagar (19), Rama Krishna Puram (20), Kothapet (21), Chaitanyapuri (22) and

Gaddiannaram Gaddiannaram is a suburb in Hyderabad, India. It is located close to the major commercial center, Dilsukhnagar. Transport Gaddiannaram has a major bus depot owned by TSRTC, and is therefore well connected to all parts of the city. The closes ...

(23).

History

The

Saroornagar Lake Saroornagar Lake is a lake in Hyderabad, India. From the year of its creation in 1626, the lake remained largely clean until 1956 when Hyderabad expanded. Spread over , the lake was restored by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in ...

is a reservoir constructed in late 16th century during the

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era to provide water for irrigation of farm lands. This 400-year-old lake is spread across 1 sq. km area.

Asaf Jah II Mir Nizam Ali Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah II (7 March 1734 – 6 August 1803) was the 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad State in South India between 1762 and 1803. He was born on 7 March 1734 as fourth son to Asaf Jah I and Umda Begum. His official name is ''A ...

had given away a village beyond

Malakpet Malakpet is one of the suburbs in the old city area of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is famous for TV tower which was built by Teegala Sree Ramulu. This is further divided into two parts, Old Malakpet and New Malakpet and is traditionally cons ...

as ''inam'' (gift) to

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Nawab Arastu Jah Bahadur’s wife ''Suroor Afza Bai''. Arastu built a palace for his wife here and developed a huge garden around it. Since then the village came to be known as Saroornagar. Saroornagar Palace was built both as a hunting lodge and as a summer resort by

Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, also known as, Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi (17 August 1866 – 29 August 1911) was the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad state, one of the Princely states in India between 1869 and 1911. Early life Mahboo ...

for himself and his family. The palace came up in 65 acres of land close to the

but was considered inauspicious for the

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, who then ordered it to be used as an orphanage. On the request of the then

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, it was dedicated to the memory of

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. It is thus known as Victoria Memorial Home.

Geography

Saroornagar is located at .Falling Rain Genomics.Sururnagar
/ref> It has an average elevation of 487 meters (1601 ft).

References

{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad, state=collapsed Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Municipal wards of Hyderabad, India