Chaderghat is considered one of the busiest areas of

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city and is located on the banks of

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. Chaderghat Bridge was built during the time of the

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s and connects major suburbs to the main city. The original name of Chadherghat was "Oliphant Nagar".

History

The

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' James Oliphant Lieutenant-Colonel James Oliphant (1796–1881) was Director and Chairman of the Honourable East India Company, and Equerry to the Maharajah Duleep Singh of the Punjab. Family background James was the fourth son (of seven children) of Ebeneze ...

. Chaderghat was first declared a Municipality in 1886. In 1933, it was merged with Hyderabad Municipality to form Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Chaderghat is surrounded by Koti, Gowliguda,

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, Darulshifa and Malakpet Localities.

Commercial Significance

There is a shopping area with various shopping malls and corner grocery stores. The Hyderabadi restaurant, Niagara is located here. This is also a home to few popular movie theatres Kamal and Tirumala which are now closed because of space issues. Chaderghat main road is named after former

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and is also referred as Dr. Rajendra Prasad Marg.

Health Institutes

It is home to the multi-speciality hospitals like Care Hospital. The Yashoda Hospital is located nearby at Malakpet.

Transport

Chaderghat is well connected by

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buses. The nearest MMTS Train station is at Malakpet. TSRTC bus terminal MGBS ( Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station) is located 0.5 km from Chaderghat.

References

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