Monday, January 23, 2023

British-Era Road Names in Secunderabad City.

 

This article though mainly about the names of many Streets and Roads in Secunderabad of British origin, it is also about the history and interesting facts about Secunderabad in brief. First I shall furnish the British origin names and the details of these roads through the attached charts and a few road maps which the people of the Twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, I am sure would appreciate. Then below these charts and maps are a video and two articles of mine which will be of great interest to locals and I hope to anyone who reads this article. Now before you read further here is a very brief introduction to Secunderabad:

In the year 1806, the then ruler of Hyderabad State, Nizam III, Mir Sikander Jah Bahadur issued an order allocating a huge area to the North of Hussain Sagar Lake for the Cantonment of the British Army. This followed the signing of a subsidiary alliance for military and political cooperation between the Nizam and the British Empire. This area consisted of several existing localities and largely unpopulated areas for the occupation of the British Army facilities. This entire area handed over to the British was named Secunderabad after Sikander Jah, the Nizam. And that is how all the following British road names came into existence and most of the names are still in use today. Secunderabad is still a cantonment area and the largest in our country!

The names in Red are British-era names and those in Black are the new names of those roads. There is no change in the names of some old British time ones where the details of those roads are mentioned in Black.



About My City - Splendid Secunderabad! – A Video:


My City: “Secunderabad” – Part I.

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