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Telangana Legislative Assembly
Also known as: Old Assembly Building, Town Hall
Built as a town hall to mark the seventh Nizam's accession, in white stucco with wide Rajasthani-style eaves. Legislature of Hyderabad State and its successors ever since.
History & Story
Built to celebrate the seventh Nizam's accession to power, the building has served continuously as Hyderabad's legislative heart, through the Hyderabad State Council, the legislature of undivided Andhra Pradesh, and now the Telangana Legislative Assembly. Its white stucco and wide overhanging Rajasthani eaves give it a domestic grandeur quite different from Vincent Esch's monumental Osmanian style nearby, two different architectural visions of civic identity coexisting on the same riverfront.
Key Events
1913
Built as a town hall to mark Nizam VII's accession
1948
Became legislature of Hyderabad State after accession to India
2014
Became Telangana Legislative Assembly at state formation
Key People
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Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan
patron; building marks his accession to power
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Nawab Zain Yar Jung
superintendent of Hyderabad's Public Works Department
Location & Getting There
Area / Locality: Nampally
Coordinates: 17.39760° N, 78.46950° E
Access: public