Moosrambagh also Moosa Ram Bagh is an
old suburb of
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
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
,
India
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. It is named after the French military commander
Monsieur Raymond who served the
Nizam
Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I ...
s of the
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 ...
during the 18th century. His tomb,
Raymond's Tomb, is located near
Asman Garh Palace. The locality of "Moosa-Ram-Bagh" is named after him. Wherein, Bagh refers to "a garden" as the area was once covered by extensive greenery.
History
Raymond became a close friend of the second Asaf Jah,
Nizam Ali Khan. Raymond was not only held in high esteem by the
2nd Nizam, but had also won the love and trust of the local people. He made himself popular through his kindness, bravery and contribution to Hyderabad. To the Muslims, he was Musa Rahim, and to the Hindus, he was Musa Ram.
George Bruce Malleson
Colonel George Bruce Malleson (8 May 1825 – 1 March 1898) was an English officer in India and the author of several works on British Indian colonial history.
Biography
Malleson was born in Wimbledon, son of John Malleson. Educated at ...
said that
"No European of mark who followed him in India, ever succeeded in gaining to such an extent the love, the esteem, the admiration of the natives of the country."
Commercial area
Moosrambagh has many shops catering to all needs of its residents. The popular
Hyderabadi restaurants Capital (aka Shaam) and Bawarchi are located here. The suburb also has
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...
's
TV tower.
IT tower
On 2 October 2023, BRS Working President, Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries and IT&C
K. T. Rama Rao laid the foundation stone of 30-floor Malakpet IT tower- iTek Nucleus in Moosarambagh area. The IT tower will span 11 acres with a built-up space of 15 lakh sqft with a cost of Rs. 701 crores and will create 50,000 direct and indirect jobs. IT Tower is set to be completed in 36 months.
The IT tower will be near to
Musarambagh metro station.
Transport
The state-owned
TSRTC
The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TGSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by bifurcating the Andhra Pradesh State Ro ...
runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city. There is also a
Hyderabad metro station, connecting it to other parts of city.
See also
*
Michel Joachim Marie Raymond
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad, state=collapsed
Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India
Municipal wards of Hyderabad, India