#InternationalWomensDay Localities in #Hyderabad named after women: #DDColony near #OsmaniaUniversity gets its name after Durgabai Deshmukh, great freedom fighter. #History

#InternationalWomensDay Two major #hospitals in #Hyderabad named after #women continue to remain the icon of #health and medical heritage - Niloufer hospital set up by Princess Niloufer, daughter-in-law of Nizam VII, & Maternity Hospital formerly named after Queen Victoria

#InternationalWomensDay Hyderabad has the unique honour of giving the first #woman anesthetist to the world - Dr Rupa Bai Furdoonji. She worked in Afzalgunj (now Osmania) #hospital and Victoria maternity hospital in princely #Hyderabad. #anasthesia #medicalheritage

#InternationalWomensDay Hyderabad produced India's first commercial pilot - Prem Mathur, who worked for Deccan Airways in 1948. #Hyderabad #Begumpet #airport #AviationHeritage

Inauguration of Kazipet railway station in 1904 #Hyderabad #secunderabad #Warangal #Kazipet #railways

What name did Qutub Shahis give to Charminar when it was built in 1591? Did they call it Chahar Minar or Charminar? Four in Persian means Chahar & Char in Urdu/Hindi/Dakkani. Official language of Qutub Shahis was Persian and it's unlikely that they called it #Charminar #Hyderabad

#Grok generated this AI image of #Charminar as it appeared in 1600 CE, nine years after it was built. But it made a mistake - depicting one of the persons there in shirt and trousers. #Hyderabad #AI

#AI generated image of the Qutub Shahi palaces in 1600 CE with hanging gardens, Gulzar Houz, and Charminar. There were seven palaces in all. #Grok #Hyderabad

DID YOU KNOW? The reason why that particular spot was selected to build #Hussainsagar lake was the presence of a tributary of #Musi. As more #lakes were built upstream later, 3 more streams joined it. Fed by four streams, the lake empties into Musi. #Hyderabad #AquaticHeritage

DID YOU KNOW? The primary reason for constructing #Hussainsagar lake was to provide #food and #employment to hundreds of families during a famine/food shortage. It was perhaps the world's first food for work programme. #Hyderabad #AquaticHeritage #lakes #history #QutubShahis

DID YOU KNOW? Bauhinia variegata or Gul-e-Kachnar in #Urdu or Kachnar in #Hindi was main ingredient of a #forgotten #dish of #Hyderabad #cuisine. The #buds of Kachnar tree along with green #chilli, #cumin & #turmeric were cooked to make Kachnar ki Sabji. #recipes #cooking

Crescent sighted in different parts of India today and Eid will be celebrated tomorrow (March 31 Monday). #eidulfitr2025 #India #Hyderabad #ShawwalMoon

An official delegation of #Hyderabad state in 1890s presenting offerings to #Bhadrachalam temple on behalf of Nizam VI. The tradition started with the Qutub Shahis and continues even today by Telangana govt. #SriRamNavami

Today is the 114th birth anniversary of Abid Hasan Safrani, freedom fighter and trusted lieutenant of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He accompanied Netaji in submarine on February 8, 1943. He hailed from #Hyderabad. #JaiHind #AzadHindFauz

#Charminar faces threat from rain, gales & lightning. Southwest minaret was first damaged in 1681, when it fell down after hit by lightning & rain. The 2nd time it was damaged was in 1878 when chunks fell down. It was affected many times since then. #WorldHeritageDay #Hyderabad

Did You Know? #Begumpet airport in #Hyderabad had night landing equipment to facilitate landing of #aircraft during night, way back in 1939 when many airports did not even dream of the facility. #History #Aviation #Heritage #airport

This #advertisement from 1943 seeks people's support for #local (mulki) products. Both cloth mills mentioned in the advt were government-owned & provided livelihood to thousands, directly & indirectly. #Hyderabad #mulki #BuyLocalProducts #BeIndianBuyIndian #MakeInIndia #Warangal

This report from Aug 1943 issue of `Hyderabad Information' published by Information Bureau, #Hyderabad, talks of #OsmaniaUniversity students getting air training for special preference while joining Indian Air Force. #OU had hosted Centre of Indian Air Training Corps in 1940s.