SECUNDERABAD CLOCK TOWER is a clock tower located in the Secunderabad region of Hyderabad, India . Constructed in 1860 on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land, the structure was inaugurated on 1 February 1897. HISTORYA firman issued by Nizam Sikandar Jah established the city of Secunderabad after his name in 1806. To honour the progress achieved by the British officers stationed at Secunderabad Cantonment in Hyderabad , the erstwhile British government established 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for this purpose in 1860. A 120-ft high clock tower was constructed in a park of 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) in 1896. The tower was inaugurated by Resident Sir Trevor John Chichele Plowden on 1 February 1897. The clock on the tower was donated by Dewan Bahadur Seth Lachmi Narayan Ramgopal, a businessman. In 2003, the tower was placed on a demolition list drawn up by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to accommodate the increasing traffic. A senior official at this civic agency of the Government of Andhra Pradesh said that they were trying their best not to demolish this structure. In 2006, the park housing the tower was chosen for renovation by the same agency. Carried out at a cost of ₹10 million (US$160,000), the park's size was reduced to widen the roads. In addition, the tower was renovated, the park was landscaped with lawns and hedges, and a waterfall was installed
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A GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE SYSTEM is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position , and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position . A common choice of coordinates is latitude , longitude and elevation . To specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection
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SECUNDERABAD ( listen (help ·info ), also spelled sometimes as SIKANDAR-A-BAD) is the twin city of Hyderabad
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Hyderabad located in the Indian state of Telangana
Telangana . Named after Sikandar Jah
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Sikandar Jah , the third Nizam
Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty , Secunderabad
Secunderabad was founded in 1806 as a British cantonment . Although Hyderabad
Hyderabad and Secunderabad
Secunderabad are together referred to as the twin cities, they have both different histories and cultures, with Secunderabad
Secunderabad having developed directly under British rule until 1948 and Hyderabad
Hyderabad as the capital of the Nizams ' princely state of Hyderabad
Hyderabad . Geographically divided from Hyderabad
Hyderabad by the Hussain Sagar
Hussain Sagar lake, Secunderabad
Secunderabad is no longer a separate municipal unit and has become part of Hyderabad's GHMC municipality . Both cities are collectively known as Hyderabad
Hyderabad and together form the sixth largest metropolis in India
India . Being one of the largest cantonments in India, Secunderabad has a large presence of army and air force personnel
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^† Temporary Joint Capital with Andhra Pradesh Symbols of Telangana EMBLEM Kakatiya Kala Thoranam , Charminar LANGUAGE Telugu Urdu (regional) SONG Jaya Jaya He Telangana Janani Jayakethanam ANIMAL Spotted deer BIRD Indian Roller FLOWER Senna auriculata FRUIT Mango TREE Prosopis cineraria RIVER Godavari , Krishna River , Manjira River and Musi River SPORT Kabaddi TELANGANA (/tɛlənˈɡɑːnə/ ( listen )) is one of the 29 states in India , located in southern India . Formed on 2 June 2014 as the youngest state(29th) in India , from the northwestern part of the Joint State of Andhra Pradesh , Telangana has an area of 112,077 square kilometres (43,273 sq mi), and a population of 35,193,978 (2011 census). It is the twelfth largest state in India , and the twelfth most populated state in India . Its major cities include Hyderabad , Warangal , Khammam , Karimnagar and Nizamabad . Telangana is bordered by the states of Maharashtra to the north and north west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Karnataka to the west and Andhra Pradesh to the east and south
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A VICTORY COLUMN—or MONUMENTAL COLUMN or TRIUMPHAL COLUMN—is a monument in the form of a column , erected in memory of a victorious battle , war , or revolution . The column typically stands on a base and is crowned with a victory symbol , such as a statue . The statue may represent the goddess Victoria ; in Germany
Germany , the female embodiment of the nation, Germania ; in the United States
United States either female embodiment of the nation Liberty or Columbia ; in the United Kingdom , the female embodiment Britannia
Britannia ; an eagle ; or a war hero. CONTENTS * 1 List of Monumental columns * 2 See also * 3 References * 4 Sources * 5 Further reading * 6 External links LIST OF MONUMENTAL COLUMNS IMAGE DATE MONUMENT CITY LOCATION HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND COMMENT 478 BC Serpent Column
Column Istanbul
Istanbul Hippodrome of Constantinople 8 m Originally part of a tripod at Delphi
Delphi 115 BC Heliodorus Pillar Vidisha Madhya Pradesh , Central India was erected around 113 BCE in central India in Vidisha near modern Besnagar, by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidasto the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra. c
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The BRITISH EMPIRE comprised the dominions , colonies , protectorates , mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power . By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 7001230000000000000♠23% of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered 35,500,000 km2 (13,700,000 sq mi), 7001240000000000000♠24% of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, legal , linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets " was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories. During the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal and Spain pioneered European exploration of the globe, and in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England, France , and the Netherlands began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia
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SECUNDERBAD CANTONMENT BOARD is the civic administrative agency of Secunderabad cantonment area. Geographically, it lies in the twin cities of Hyderabad
Hyderabad -Secunderabad. Being primarily a military area, the Secunderabad cantonment comes under the administrative purview of the union defence ministry of the government of India. CONTENTS * 1 Demographics * 2 History * 3 Present Day * 4 References * 5 External links DEMOGRAPHICSAs of 2011 census of India , it had a population of 217,910 and an area of 22.81 km2 (8.81 sq mi) with 50,333 households. The infrastructure management and administration of the civilian areas in the cantonment are looked after by the Board. As per the Cantonment Act of 2006, Secunderabad cantonment is classified as a Class-I cantonment. The General-Officer-Commanding (GOC ) or Deputy GOC of the Indian Army 's Telangana
Telangana "> British Residency House Bolarum during Nizams era, Photo 1892, Curzon collection The significant presence of the military in the Secunderabad cantonment area can be dated back to the days of the British Raj in the early 1800s. To honour the progress achieved by the British officers stationed at Secunderabad cantonment in Hyderabad
Hyderabad , the erstwhile British government established 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for building a Clock Tower in 1860
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CLOCK TOWERS are a specific type of building which houses a turret clock and has one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building. Clock towers are a common sight in many parts of the world with some being iconic buildings. One example is the Elizabeth Tower in London (sometimes erroneously called ' Big Ben ', although this name belongs only to the bell inside the tower). CONTENTS * 1 Definition * 2 History * 3 Landmarks * 4 Records * 5 See also * 6 References * 7 External links DEFINITIONThere are many structures which may have clocks or clock faces attached to them and some structures have had clocks added to an existing structure. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat a building is defined as a building if at least fifty percent of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area. Structures that do not meet this criterion, are defined as towers . A CLOCK TOWER historically fits this definition of a tower and therefore can be defined as any tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces and that can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall . Not all clocks on buildings therefore make the building into a clock tower. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock
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HYDERABAD (/ˈhaɪdərəˌbæd/ ( listen ) HY-dər-ə-bad ; often /ˈhaɪdrəˌbæd/ ) is the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana
Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh . Occupying 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) along the banks of the Musi River , it has a population of about 6.7 million and a metropolitan population of about 7.75 million, making it the fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration in India. At an average altitude of 542 metres (1,778 ft), much of Hyderabad
Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes, including Hussain Sagar
Hussain Sagar —predating the city's founding—north of the city centre. Established in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah , Hyderabad
Hyderabad remained under the rule of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
Qutb Shahi dynasty for nearly a century before the Mughals captured the region. In 1724, Mughal viceroy Asif Jah I declared his sovereignty and created his own dynasty, known as the Nizams of Hyderabad
Hyderabad . The Nizam\'s dominions became a princely state during the British Raj , and remained so for 150 years, with the city serving as its capital
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A FIRMAN (Persian : فرمان farmân) or FERMAN (Turkish ) at the constitutional level was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state, namely the Ottoman Empire . During various periods they were collected and applied as traditional bodies of law. The word firman comes from Persian فرمان meaning "decree" or "order". On a more practical level, a firman was, and may still be, any written permission granted by the appropriate Islamic official at any level of government. Westerners are perhaps most familiar with the permission to travel in a country, which typically could be purchased beforehand, or the permission to conduct scholarly investigation in the country, such as archaeological excavation. Firmans may or may not be combined with various sorts of passports. CONTENTS * 1 Origins of firmans in the Ottoman Empire * 2 Organization * 3 Examples of Ottoman firmans * 3.1 Firman of Sultan Murad (26 October – 23 November 1386) * 3.2 Firman of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–1687) * 4 Other firmans * 5 Other uses * 6 Gallery * 7 See also * 8 References ORIGINS OF FIRMANS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIREIn the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan derived his authority from his role as upholder of the Shar'ia, but the Shar'ia did not cover all aspects of Ottoman social and political life
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The NIZAM-UL-MULK OF HYDERABAD, popularly known as the Nizam
Nizam of Hyderabad
Hyderabad , was a monarch of the Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State , now divided into Telangana
Telangana state, Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka
Karnataka and Marathwada
Marathwada region of Maharashtra
Maharashtra . NIZAM, shortened from NIZAM-UL-MULK, meaning _Administrator of the Realm_, the title of the sovereigns of Hyderabad
Hyderabad State, was the premier Prince of India, since 1724, belonging to the Asaf Jah dynasty. The Asaf Jah Dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi , a viceroy of the Deccan under the Mughal Empire
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Mughal Empire from 1713 to 1721. He intermittently ruled after Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb 's death in 1707. In 1724, Mughal control lapsed, and Asaf Jah declared himself independent in Hyderabad. Following the decline of the Mughal power, the region of Deccan saw the rise of Maratha Empire . The Nizam
Nizam himself saw many invasions by the Marathas in the 1720s, which resulted in the Nizam
Nizam paying a regular tax (_ Chauth _) to the Marathas
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NAWAB MIR AKBAR ALI KHAN SIDDIQI BAYAFANDI BAHADUR SIKANDER JAH ASAF JAH III (11 November 1768 – 21 May 1829), Nizam of Hyderabad
Hyderabad , was the ruler of Hyderabad State in India
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India from 1803 to 1829. CONTENTS * 1 Birth * 2 Marriage * 3 Official name * 4 Reign * 5 See also * 6 Notes * 7 External links BIRTHHe was born in Chow Mahalla in the Khilwath palace, the second son of Asaf Jah II and Tahniat un-nisa Begum. Issue ten sons and nine Daughters, among are 1.Mir Farqunda Ali khan Siddiqi (Naser Ud Daula Asaf Jah IV ), 2.Mir Basheer Uddin Ali Khan Sham Samul Mulk or Samsamad Daula, 3.Zulfakir ul Mulk Zulfakir ud Daula 4.Mir Gawhar Ali Khan (Mubariz Ud Daula) 5.Saif Ul Mulk Mir Taffazul Ali Khan 6. Munawar ud Daula Mir Munawar Ali Khan. 7.Jahandar Jah Mir Faiyaz Ali Khan Baber Jang. 8. Qutub ud Daula Mir Mahmud Ali Khan 9.Qamar ul Mulk Qamar ud Daula Mir Dilawar Ali Khan Sarwar Jung. 10.Muzafar Ul Mulk Muzafar ud Daula Mir Fateh Ali Khan Dilear Jung. Shazada Nawab Mir Tafazul Ali Khan Mir Badesha (Saif-ul-mulk) only son of Sikander Jah nizam III born with wife Jahan Parwar Begum Sahiba (Haji Begum) daughter of Nawab Saif Ul Mulk (Maali Mian) son of Arastu Jah (was the prime minister during the Asaf jah III)
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The GREATER HYDERABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION in short (GHMC) is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad
Hyderabad the capital and largest city in the State of Telangana
Telangana . It is the local government for the Cities of Hyderabad
Hyderabad and Secunderabad . Its geographical area covers most of the urban development agency the Hyderabad
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). 64 ex-officio members including 5 Lok Sabha MPs whose constituencies are in GHMC jurisdiction vote in GHMC election. CONTENTS * 1 History * 2 Administration * 3 Executive * 4 Legislature * 5 Task * 5.1 Political Performance in GHMC Election 2016 * 6 See also * 7 References * 8 External links HISTORYFORMATION OF HYDERABAD MUNICIPAL BOARD AND CHADERGHAT MUNICIPAL BOARD In the year 1869, Municipal administration was first introduced for the city of Hyderabad. The city of Hyderabad
Hyderabad was divided into four and the suburbs of Chaderghat
Chaderghat were divided into five divisions. The whole management of both the city and the suburbs was handled by the then City Police Commissioner, Kotwal-e-Baldia. In the same year, Sir Salar Jung-1 , the then Prime Minister of Hyderabad
Hyderabad State under the Nizam , has constituted the Department of Municipal and Road Maintenance
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GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Telugu : ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ ప్రభుత్వం) is the government for the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India . It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5-year term. CONTENTS* 1 Governance * 1.1 Executive * 1.2 Legislature * 1.3 Judiciary * 2 See also * 3 References * 4 External links GOVERNANCEEXECUTIVE Main articles: Politics of Andhra Pradesh and Andhra pradesh cabinet ministers list The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a not democratically elected body with the bhanu as the constitutional head. The bhanu who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the Chief Minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested
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The CHIEF MINISTER OF ANDHRA PRADESH is the chief executive of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
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Andhra Pradesh . As per the Constitution of India
India , the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister . Following elections to the Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly , the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government . The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits . Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh was created in 1956 by the merger of the Telangana region of Hyderabad State into Andhra State . Two chief ministers each from the Indian National Congress party had served these predecessor states. The first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy , later the sixth President of India . Including him, 13 out of 16 chief ministers belonged to the Congress party. Among these is P. V. Narasimha Rao , who went on to become the ninth Prime Minister of India
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YEDUGURI SANDINTI RAJASEKHARA REDDY (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th , 10th , 11th , and