Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (IATA: HYD, ICAO: VOHS) is the international airport serving Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Located at Shamshabad, approximately 24 kilometres south of Hyderabad, it commenced commercial operations on 23 March 2008 as a greenfield airport, replacing Begumpet Airport for regular commercial passenger services. The airport is named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It was developed under a public-private part…

The Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat is the administrative headquarters of the Government of Telangana, located on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad. The six-storey complex was constructed at a reported cost of approximately ₹616 crore and inaugurated on 30 April 2023 by the then Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao. The building is reported to stand 265 feet (81 metres) tall and has been described in media reports as the…

Saroornagar Palace, also known as Victoria Memorial Home, is a historic building in Saroornagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The historic estate is commonly described as covering about 65 acres near Saroornagar Lake, although some published accounts give larger figures for the institutional campus. The palace was commissioned by the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan (Asaf Jah VI), as a hunting lodge and summer retreat for himself an…

Paigah Palace, also known as Devdi Iqbal-ud-Daula, is a heritage palace in Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Built in the late 19th century by the Paigah nobleman Sir Vicar-ul-Umra, the two-storeyed neo-classical building reflects the architectural tastes and political influence of the Paigah nobility, one of the most influential aristocratic families of the former Hyderabad State. The palace formerly housed the Hyderabad Urban Development A…