Pathargatti is a boulevard constructed of stone located near the Madina centre 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 ...

. The two storied structures were constructed using granite and were originally designed to house shops on the ground floor and residence on the first floor.

History

It was built during the reign of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan in 1911. As the building was constructed in stone or ''Pathar'', it was named Pathargatti. It was designed by the renowned engineer Vishveshwaraiah in a distinctive Osmanian architecture style. Pathergatti was a prominent

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hub in Hyderabad for past one century. Pathergatti market is Hyderabad's first stone-arcaded market. Pathargattti 1938

References

{{reflist Hyderabad State Buildings and structures in Hyderabad, India