Tughyani Sitambar: When the Musi Swallowed Hyderabad (1908) The Catastrophe That Redefined a City and Its Relationship with Water A night the city never forgot | Updated with historical research and engineering insights Remembering the Great Musi Flood: A City Underwater, A Legacy Reborn Before Hyderabad became a city of flyovers, IT corridors, and glass towers, it stood helpless against nature's fury. In the early hours of September 28, 1908 , the Musi River—usually a modest lifeline—turned into a roaring wall of death. What followed was not just a flood, but a catastrophe that reshaped the city's geography, governance, and collective memory forever. The Perfect Storm: Meteorological Conditions The 1908 flood resulted from unprecedented meteorological conditions. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal converged with moist southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea, creating a ...
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