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[[file:Eleanor Roosevelt at Lady Hydari Club.jpg|thumb|[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] speaking at the club in 1952]]<br />
'''Lady Hydari Club''' was an elite club exclusive to women in the erstwhile [[Hyderabad state]] in India. It was located in what is now the [[Gandhi Medical College and Hospital|Old Gandhi Medical College]] near [[Basheerbagh]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/lady-hydari-club-yearns-for-past-glory/article2157791.ece|title=Lady Hydari Club yearns for past glory|last=Rangan|first=Pavithra S|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-19|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The club was started in 1929 by Lady [[Amina Hydari]] so that women could play tennis<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ive-always-struggled-with-my-relationship-with-my-father-Aditi/articleshow/18627876.cms|title=I've always struggled with my relationship with my father: Aditi – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> and socialise. The club is named in commemoration of Lady [[Amina Hydari]], wife of [[Sir Akbar Hydari]], President of the Nizam's Executive Council, 1938–42. It was used by both elite Indian and British women and The Hyderabad Ladies' Association Club which was founded in 1901.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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In 1952 there was a conference of social workers at the club. One of the speakers was [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].<br />
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==The Club==<br />
The building was designed by Zain Yar Jung. It featured a special entrance which allowed veiled women ([[zenana]]) to be delivered by car and enter without being seen.<ref name=":2" /> The large entrance foyer opened out onto rooms and halls. Women could play [[Tambola]], cards or [[badminton]] or take lessons in cooking or needlework. The club use to organize an annual tennis tournament for women. The club was at one time the fashionable location for weddings. The club once ran a school for the poor of the area and it had a library of Urdu, Telugu and English books.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Present==<br />
The club building was annexed to be part of the [[Gandhi Medical College]] in 1986.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/32099|title=Lady Hydari Club|last=Kumar|first=Sanjeeva|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref> The college felt that the space used by the club was too lavish and the club was obliged to allow the college to use it. In 2011 the club had 120 members but its buildings were in need of renovation.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Notable members==<br />
* [[Amina Hydari]], wife of [[Sir Akbar Hydari]], Prime Minister of Hyderabad State<br />
* [[Nilüfer Hanımsultan]], an Ottoman princess who married [[Moazzam Jah]], [[Nizam]] [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]'s son.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Hyderabad State]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1929]]<br />
[[Category:Women's organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:1929 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Women from Hyderabad State]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hyderabad State]]</div>Rudratree