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{{Infobox building
| name = Hill Fort Palace
| image = Hill Fort Palace Hyderabad 1930s.jpg
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| image_caption = A view of the Hill Fort in the 1930s
| building_type = Royal Palace
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| former_names = Ritz Hotel (1980-1997)
| location = Naubhat Pahad, [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
| completion_date = 1915
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| owner = Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation
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| native_language = Telugu
| native_name2 = ھل فورٹ محل
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| built_for = [[Nizamat Jung]]
| original_use = Residence of [[Nizamat Jung]] (1915-1929) <br> Residence of [[Prince Moazzam Jah]] (1929-1955)<br> As a luxury hotel (1980-1997)
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'''Hill Fort Palace''', also known as '''Ritz Hotel''' is a [[royal palace]] located in ''Naubhat Pahad'', [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]. The property is now owned by [[Government of Telangana]], Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Hill-Fort-Palace-to-regain-past-glory/articleshow/19390086.cms|title=Hill Fort Palace to regain past glory|last=P. S.|first=Rohit|date=5 April 2014|website=|publisher=[[Times of India]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/36791 Hill Fort Palace : MIT Libraries]</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-space-has-a-story-to-tell/article7908614.ece|title=The space has a story to tell|last=Dundoo|first=Sangeetha Devi|date=2015-11-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==History==
It was built in 1915 by [[Nizamat Jung]], who served as chief justice in the government of Nizam, India. His stay in the palace was for 15 years. The architecture is in style of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/04/12/hill-fort-palace-ritz-hot_n_9667886.html PHOTOS: Hyderabad's 100-Year-Old Hill Fort Palace Is Now A Prospective Art Gallery]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 1929, after he went on [[Haj]] he wanted to live a simpler life so it was purchased by  [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|Asaf Jah VII]] for his son [[Prince Moazzam Jah]], and it was then designated as the official residence of the chairman of the [[City Improvement Board]].

In 1955, it was taken over by Indian government after [[Operation Polo]]. It was leased to a star hotel, The Ritz Hotel Company on lease in the 1980. The hotel was operating till the late 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2018/apr/15/once-famous-ritz-hotel-of-hyderabad-now-turns-into-a-shooting-location-for-films-1801737.html|title=Once famous Ritz Hotel of Hyderabad now turns into a shooting location for films|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/travel/2017/sep/02/a-walter-scott-castle-sliver-of-nizami-times-1650817.html|title=A walter scott castle, sliver of Nizami times|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref>

Today, it is dilapidated and in urgent need of restoration.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/04/12/hill-fort-palace-ritz-hot_n_9667886.html | title=PHOTOS: Hyderabad's 100-Year-Old Hill Fort Palace is Now a Prospective Art Gallery| date=2016-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2017/jul/31/historical-hill-fort-palace-hopes-to-reclaim-its-past-glory-1636047.html|title=Historical Hill Fort Palace hopes to reclaim its past glory|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref>

==Location==
The palace is located in the heart of the city near ''Naubat Pahad'' spread over 6 acres.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historians and Heritage Activists aims to restore Historic Hillfort Palace in Hyderabad |url=https://www.therahnuma.com/historians-and-heritage-activists-aims-to-restore-historic-hillfort-palace-in-hyderabad/ |accessdate=11 June 2020}}</ref>

==External links==
{{commons category|Hill Fort Palace}}
*[http://narendralutherarchives.blogspot.com/2006/12/hill-fort-palace.html Narendra Luther's feature on the Palace]

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==References==
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[[Category:Hyderabad State]]
[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Royal residences in India]]
[[Category:Palaces in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Hotels in Hyderabad]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1880]]
[[Category:1880 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad]]

Hill Fort Palace - Revision history

>666himself at 16:24, 11 June 2020