Musheerabad Jail was a

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located in

Musheerabad Musheerabad is a commercial centre in Hyderabad, India. Musheerabad comes under central zone and ninth circle of Hyderabad, and falls under the Secunderabad revenue division. History The historic old portion of Musheerabad Masjid was constru ...

area of

Hyderabad, India 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 ...

. The facility was demolished in 2003 and the entire area occupied by the jail now houses the new building of Gandhi hospital which was previously located at

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. Gandhi Medical college was also shifted to this location. The jail was built during the

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era to house prisoners from adjacent areas. The oldest structures in the jail were built in 1876. The construction of the prison had completed in 1915. All the male prisoner were shifted to Cherlapally and female prisoners were shifted to a separate facility. Prior to its demolition, director

Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as '' Hyderabad Blues' ...

obtained a stay order in order to complete filming of ''

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'' (2003).

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