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|image_caption = Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station<br />
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|name = Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station<br />
|country = India<br />
|location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India<br />
|status = demolished in 1995<br />
|operator = Hyderabad State Electricity Department<br />
|th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]<br />
|ps_units_operational= <br />
|ps_electrical_capacity= 22.5 MW<br />
|commissioned = 1920<br />
|decommissioned = 1992<br />
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'''Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station''' was a historic thermal power plant that was located in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] on the banks of [[Hussain Sagar]]. It was India's first thermal power station, opened in 1920 by the erstwhile seventh [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |title=V6 Ground Report – History of Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station |url=http://v6news.tv/v6-ground-report-history-of-hussain-sagar-thermal-power-station |date=10 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station was built in 1920 during the time of Seventh [[Nizam]], [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.exploretelangana.com/hussain-sagar-lake | title=Hussain Sagar Lake – 450+ years old Man made Lake | date=21 June 2013 | publisher=Explore Telangana | accessdate=15 May 2020 }}</ref><br />
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==Plant==<br />
The power plant was built in 1920 at Mint Compound, and was operated by Hyderabad State Electricity Department of the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]] to supply power to the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad Equipment was procured from English Electric and Westinghouse Electric. The power plant comprised four units. The generation was 22.5 MW on a consumption of about 200 tons of coal per day. The plant was fully operational until 1972 when two units were shut down. In 1984, for practical reasons production mostly ended. However, until 1992 the plant was intermittently used. The structure was demolished in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reminiscence of a tech marvel |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4&edlabel=TOIH&mydateHid=26-11-2011&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Hyderabad+-+Hyderabad+Times&edname=&articleid=Ar00402&format=&publabel=TOI|publisher=[[Times of India]]|accessdate= 24 August 2014|date=2014}}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station occupied the banks of Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad – where Prasad's IMAX and NTR gardens exist today.{{fact|date=May 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[:Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State]]<br />
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[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Telangana]]<br />
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[[Category:1983 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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