https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Goshamahal Goshamahal - Revision history 2026-07-31T07:22:24Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Goshamahal&diff=465454&oldid=prev Vinay at 00:30, 21 November 2025 2025-11-21T00:30:43Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more citations needed|date=August 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Goshamahal<br /> | other_name = Goshamahal Topkhana<br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = Suburb<br /> | pushpin_map = India Hyderabad#India Telangana#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = <br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|17|23|N|78|28|E|display=title|region:IN_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Hyderabad District, India|Hyderabad District]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!--Goshamahal Topkhana--&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = democratic<br /> | governing_body = [[GHMC]]<br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = 2nd<br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | leader_title2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br /> | leader_name2 = [[T. Raja Singh]] [[BJP]]<br /> | leader_title3 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br /> | leader_name3 = [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] ([[AIMIM]])<br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = &lt;!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --&gt;<br /> | postal_code = 500012<br /> | registration_plate = TG<br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Hyderabad]]<br /> | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Goshamahal Assembly constituency|Goshamahal]]<br /> | blank3_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency<br /> | blank3_info_sec1 = [[GHMC]]<br /> | website = {{URL|telangana.gov.in}}<br /> | footnotes = <br /> | image_skyline = Gosha Mahal Baradari 1920s Exterior.tif<br /> | image_caption = Gosha Mahal Baradari in 1920s<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Goshamahal&#039;&#039;&#039; is a suburb in [[Hyderabad City]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Goshamahal-traffic-PS-of-Nizam-era-razed-to-ground/articleshow/48383155.cms|title=Goshamahal traffic PS of Nizam-era razed to ground &amp;#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |date=7 August 2015 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Derived from the word &#039;&#039;[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gosha gosha]&#039;&#039; meaning secluded women in &#039;&#039;purdah.&#039;&#039; The Goshamahal Baradari is probably the only well preserved palace built by the Qutb Shahi rulers, as almost all their palaces were destroyed during the long siege of the kingdom by Aurangzeb. It was built by the last Qutb Shahi ruler, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah|Sultan Abul Hassan Tana Shah]] in 1684.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last1=Nanisetti |first1=Serish |title=350 years old and highly adaptive! |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/350-years-old-and-highly-adaptive/article13993358.ece}}&lt;/ref&gt; Apparently, during [[Aurangzeb]]&#039;s conquest of the Deccan, he installed his son Shah Alam in this palace, which later served as the Mughal headquarters in the south.<br /> <br /> Later, in the early 20th century, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|7th Nizam of Hyderabad]] handed this palace over to the Freemasons of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and it has been in their care ever since.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad|state=collapsed}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India]]</div> Vinay