Monday, December 10, 2007 @9:44 PM
History of Hyderabad
Hyderabad was founded on the banks of the musi river in the present day Andhra Pradesh by Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah, Sultan of the Qutub Shahi dynasty, in 1590, this reloocation was intended to relieve a water shortage the dynasty had experienced at their old headquaters at Golconda. They ruled over the Telangana region and some parts of present day Karnataka and Maharashtra.
The history explains the origins and etymology behind Hyderabad's name differ. A popular theory suggests that after founding the city, Muhammad Quli fel in love with and married a local Banjara girl known as Bhagmati. He named this city after her as Bhagyanagar. Upon her conversion to Islam, Bhagamati changed her name to Hyder Mahal and the new city's name was correspondingly changed to match it, resulting in the eponymous name ''Hyderabad''.
After the rulers of the Quli Qutub Shah dynasty the Nizams came to power. The Nizams were also known as the Asaf Jahi Kings. In the year 1948 the federal Government of India annexed the Nizams state of Hyderabad. In 1956 the state of Andhra Pradesh emerged and Hyderabad became the capital of this state.
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