Somajiguda is a Commercial Centre of Hyderabad located on either sides of Raj Bhavan Road. It started as a residential locality but slowly transformed into a modern business centre in

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. It is a hub of commercial activity with many jewellery, automobile and banking establishments running their businesses from here. Popular landmarks are

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, The Park and Yashoda hospital. Somajiguda has also gained importance because of its proximity to city centres such as

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, Punjagutta and Khairtabad. The official residence of

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is in Somajiguda.

Etymology

Somajiguda is named after Sonaji Pandit, a Daftardar (revenue officer) in the estate of Raja Rai Rayan, a nobleman of

in 1853. A mansion was built by the then Raja of the Rai Rayan estate during the rule of Nasir-ud-Daulah for Sonaji Pandit to honour his service. Sonaji Pandit resided in this mansion in his entire life. Over time Sonaji-Guda (''Guda'' meaning place in the local dialect of Telugu) became Somajiguda.

Economy

Automobile

Somajiguda is a hub for automobile sales with showrooms of

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, Skoda,

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, Nexa,

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, Yamaha, Bajaj and TVS. This led to many car interior refurbishing shops setting up their business there, some tying up with international brands like 3M.

Health & Fitness

Somajiguda has the largest number of Health and Fitness products stores in the city. You can get all types of fitness and gym equipment in the area with multiple stores selling them.

Banking

Somajiguda is home to international banking institutions such as the

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, Bank of Mauritius, HDFC,

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, and Bank of Kuwait. Many Indian banks like

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, IndusInd,

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, Karnataka Bank, Kotak Mahindra,

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, and Yes Bank have their regional offices or branches there.

Commercial and IT

Well known companies such as ADP,

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, Vijai Electrical, Creamline Dairy Products Ltd., Pitti Laminations Ltd., Sri Chakra Cements, Geo infospace Pvt LTD, Ramky Industries, BlueDart, Reliance Jio and many others operate their businesses in Somajiguda. Babukhan Millennium Centre and Fortune Towers are two prominent commercial office space providers.

Hospitals, medicine and emergency

* Yashoda Hospitals * Deccan Hospital * Matrika Hospital * Maxivision Eye Hospital * Vijaya Diagnostics * Zoi Hospital

Hotels and hospitality

Seven to three-star hotels such as The Park, Katriya hotel & towers, IK London and others are located in Somajiguda. Real estate is on the rise with newer structures coming up in this area. Apart from hotels, there are many service apartments for people looking to stay for long duration at affordable costs.

Shopping and entertainment

Somajiguda is also a well known shopping centre with big brands lined up at Somajiguda circle. Somajiguda has over 30 jewellery showrooms packed within a stretch of half a kilometre. It is a centre of jewellery shopping as gifting of gold to the bride by her parents obligatory in Hindu weddings.

Food

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, and Sanjos Donuts are located right next to the Necklace Road MMTS station. Amrutha Mall hosts Minerva Coffee Shop and Deccan Multi cuisine restaurant, which are excellent food joints and popular too. Irani restaurant Red Rose Hotel is near-by and easily accessible. Tung kein is a brilliant chinese restaurant, ideal for takeaways. The Palate, Annapurna tiffins, Bandhan sweets and chaat are great places to eat.

Music

The BOSE music store in the city is located there.

Pubs and restaurants

Headquarters is a popular rest-o-bar on Raj Bhavan Road. Aish, Aqua and Carbon are popular watering-hole(s) and restaurant(s) in The Park.

Education

* Nasr School Pre Primary * Roots International School of Business Management (www.roots.ac.in) * Vila Marie - college for women offering courses from intermediate through degree and master's programmes. * Blueberry Kids * Mt Helicon Public School * Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir * Zikra High School
Hamstech Institute of Fashion and Interior Design
* ROOTS college of hotel management and culinary arts (www.rhmca.ac.in) * ROOTS junior college (www. rjc.ac.in)
Digiquest Institute of Creative Arts & Design
Offers Creative Engineering Multimedia bachelor's degree Programmes in Game Development & Computer Science, VR/AR, Game Art & Design, Animation & Visual Effects, Photography, Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda.

Government

Many government buildings are located in Somajiguda. These include * Administrative Staff College of India * Lake View Guest House *

* Government Nursing School * Dilkusha Guest House * Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Corporation Ltd. * National Institute of Amateur Radio (HAM)

Localities

* Raj Bhavan Road * Jaffar Ali Bagh * Durga Nagar Colony * Asif Avenue * Kapadia Lane * Gulmohar Avenue * Matha Nagar Colony * BS Makhta * MS Maktha

Public transport and connectivity

Somajiguda is well connected by TSRTC buses. The closest MMTS stations are Necklace Road, Khairtabad and 2 kilometers away

. The closest Metro stations are Panjagutta and Khairtabad.

References

External links

* {{Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India