Basheer Bagh Palace or Bashir Bagh Palace was a palace located in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
, Telangana, India. It was constructed by
Sir Asman Jah, member of
Paigah noble family and Prime Minister of
Hyderabad state
Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...
(1887–1894). The palace was demolished in the 1970s.
History
It was once a palace with great architecture and magnificent interior. The palace was dismantled by the state government after
Indian independence, but the area is still known as
Basheerbagh.
This palace was built in 1880.
This place has the distinction of playing host to the
Hindustani classical maestro,
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who stayed here in the final years of his life, patronized by Zahir Yar Jung. He died at this palace on 25 April 1968.
[ An ustad's legacy] After the abolition of the jagirs in 1949, Zahir Yar Jung and other grandsons of
Asman Jah were unable to maintain the palace which led to the abandoning of the property and several other palaces of the family. Later, portions of the land were sold in the 1960s.
References
External links
Picture of Bashir Bagh Palace
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Hyderabad State
Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad
Palaces of Paigah of Hyderabad
Demolished buildings and structures in Hyderabad
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