A hilltop castle is a type of hill castle that was built on the summit of a hill or mountain. In the latter case it may be termed a mountaintop castle. The term is derived from the German, Gipfelburg, which is one of a number of terms used in continental castellology to classify castles by topology. The chief advantage of such a strategically
Himayat Sagar is an artificial lake about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Hyderabad in the Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, India. It lies parallel to a larger artificial lake Osman Sagar. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.9 tmc ft. Himayat Sagar View of Himayat Sagar Himayat Sagar in Ranga Reddy District Show map of TelanganaShow map of IndiaShow all Official name
This article is about the history of the fourth largest city in India. For history of the Pakistani city with the same name, see History of Hyderabad, Sindh. Hyderabad was the capital of the Indian states of Telangana . It is a historic city noted for its many monuments, temples, mosques and bazaars. A multitude of influences has shaped the character of
The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. HITEC City is spread across 81 ha (200 acres) of land under suburbs of Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Miyapur, Nanakramguda, Serilingampally, Bachupally, Manikonda, Kukatpally and Shamshabad all the combined technology townships is also known as Cyberabad with a radius of 52.48 km (32.61 mi) surrounding approximate area of 6,100 ha (15,000 acres). HITEC City
Hardware Park is a Special Economic Zone located at Shamshabad in Hyderabad. The Industries in Hardware Park include Tata Teleservices, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), HCL TalentCare Pvt Ltd, Zen Technologies, Sigma Microsystems Pvt Ltd etc. It is promoted by TSIIC. It has an area of 1700 acres.
Hasathpet cairns is a historic cairn circle or megalithic burial site located in Secunderabad. The site is among 12 other such sites that are state protected. There are also megalithic burial sites at Moulali, Kothaguda, Hyderabad Central University campus near Lingampalli. Later in 2008 a new site was also discovered at Kethepalli near Ramoji Film City. As of today the site spread occupying an area of approximately
Haydar (Arabic: حيدر), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Haidr, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning “lion”. In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali ibn Abi Talib (first Shia Imam and fourth Rashidun Caliph), the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, who was nicknamed “Haydar”. The variants Hyder and Hyderi (Urdu: حیدری) are Urdu variants used predominantly by Muslims in South Asia. Hajdar Hajdar Blloshmi (1860–1936), Albanian
Heinrich von Poser (23 August 1599 – 13 September 1661) was a German traveler, who wrote a detailed travelogue of his travel to India through Iran. Heinrich von Poser woodcut portrait
The Gentlemen’s agreement of Andhra Pradesh was signed between Telangana and Andhra leaders before the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh of India on 20 February 1956. The agreement provided safeguards with the purpose of preventing discrimination against Telangana by the government of Andhra Pradesh. The violations of this agreement are cited as one of the reasons for formation of separate statehood for Telangana.
Hyderabad is located in central Telangana and is spread over an area of 2,500 km2. The city lies in the Deccan Plateau and rises to an average height of 536 m above the sea level. The city lies at 17.366° N latitude and 78.476° E longitude. Hyderabad is blessed with a unique landscape – spectacular rock formations which are about 2,500