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Hyderabad city, a well planned one with wide roads and gardens, was once known as the land of Nizams where there was no dearth of cultural and trade activities dominated by textiles and diamonds.The pomp and glory of the kingdom and the rulers personal lives never stood in the way and the people's welfare was taken care of with due attention. Hence the Nizams who were held in esteem, built educational institutions, medical colleges and hospitals. The infrastructure development, an important segment of the growth of the kingdom, got the priority well ahead of time and this foresight of the rulers centuries ago made it it a likable city in the deccan region.
James Street Police station Clock tower:
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Above image: James Street Police station Clock tower - It is on the west side of M.G. Road, Secunderabad, Telangana, A well-known industrialist Seth Ram Gopal in 1900 donated the clock. It is atop the tower in the James Street Police Station building that was built in 1877. As it was declared a heritage monument from the British era in 1998, way back in September 2016 the cops attached to this police station in Ramgopalpet vacated the premises in a hurry. In a dilapidated condition, structurally the Madras-terraced building was weak and could come down at any time.The seepage was so bad the gap between the slab above and the wooden rafters below was wide. Further, the wooden rafters became degraded and weak and could no longer would support the ceiling. So the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) forced the police station to vacate on a short notice. Proper response from the cops was a commendable one.
The whitewashed building with the Nizami PWD seal on it serves as a testimony and a model that was followed by the city's rulers with respect to building regulations till the beginning of the 20th century.
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St. George's Church, Hyderabad, Telangana, India en Wikipedia. org |
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Interior St. Georges Church, Abids, Hyderabad, India annwilltravel.com |
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Above image: St. George's Church, once an Anglican church on the Abids. Hyderabad, is the oldest in the city and was built in 1844 AD by the Church Missionary Society (CMS). In 1947, it became part of the Church of South India (CSI), a uniting Church (Anglican, Wesleyan, Methodist, Lutheran, etc.). As the British community grew in size with many of them in the British army stationed in Hyderabad and others in the employ of the ruler, there arose a necessity to have an Anglican church built there to take care of their spiritual needs. The church was built on a piece of land donated by the Nizam in 1836 and it was open to public on 19 September. 1844. In mid August 2010 it turned 143 years old and rededication was held on that day. The church's pipe organ is one of the oldest built in 1887. There is a clock in the facade of the church on the second floor of the tower right below the overhanging eaves. Like many clocks on the towers after 1947 it stopped working due to lack of interest and of technical knowledge to handle the old-type clock mechanism. Details are not available about the clock on the tower, but it is not a big one and is of medium size.