Secunderabad
Secunderabad, formerly Ulwul, is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana.
Secunderabad, formerly Ulwul, is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South Central Railway zone. Named after the Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was established in 1806 as a British cantonment. Although both the cities are together referred to as the twin cities, Hyderabad and Secunderabad have different histories and cultures, with Secunderabad having developed directly under British rule until 1948, and Hyderabad as the capital of the Nizams' princely state of Hyderabad. Since 1956, the city has housed the Rashtrapati Nilayam, the winter office of the president of India. It is also the headquarters of the 54th Infantry Division of the Indian Army. There are also many residential areas and apartments, particularly in the small neighbourhood of Yapral, with many Indian Armed Forces officials living here.
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Worth seeing in and around Secunderabad
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a firman calling for its creation on 29 August 1917.
4.7 km · state public university in Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Wikipedia - 02Hussain Sagar
Hussain Sagar is a heart-shaped lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1562. It is spread across an area of 5.7 square kilometres and is fed by the River Musi.
3.3 km · Lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Wikipedia - 03Spanish Mosque
The Spanish Mosque, also known as the Masjid Iqbal Ud Daula and the Jam e Masjid "Aiwan-E-Begumpet", is a mosque within Paigah Palace, in the Begumpet neighbourhood of Hyderabad, in the Hyderabad district of the state of Telangana, India. It is also known as the Mosque of the Moors, due to its unique Moorish Revival architectural style and is said to be one-of-its-kind in India.
2.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 04Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, formerly known as Fateh Maidan, is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana. The stadium is primarily used for cricket and association football.
5.2 km · Stadium in Hyderabad, India · Wikipedia - 05St Joseph's Cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Hyderabad, India. It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and one of the most beautiful churches of Hyderabad and Secunderabad cities of Telangana, India.
5.9 km · cathedral in Hyderabad, India · Wikipedia - 06Buddha Statue of Hyderabad
The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad is a monolith located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
3.7 km · historic site in Telangana, India · Wikipedia - 07Nizam College
The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana.
5.3 km · constituent college in Hyderabad · Wikipedia - 08Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Secunderabad
Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption is a minor basilica located in Secunderabad, India.
500 m · Catholic basilica in India · Wikipedia - 09Birla Science Museum
B. M. Birla Science Museum is an Indian science museum located in Hyderabad, India. Constructed by civil engineer P. A. Singaravelu, it comprises a planetarium, museum, science centre, art gallery as well as a dinosaurium.
5 km · an Indian science museum · Wikipedia - 10English and Foreign Languages University
The English and Foreign Languages University is a central university for English and foreign languages located in Hyderabad, India. It is the only such university dedicated to languages in South Asia.
3.3 km · Public Central University in Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bansilalpet Stepwell
- 02The Hyderabad Public School
SP Road, Begumpet (Nature Cure Hospital MMTS Station),.
- 03Osmania Arts College
- 04Rashtrapati Nilayam
- 05Secunderabad Clock Tower
The landmark clock tower in Secunderabad.
- 06Shamirpet Lake
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Things to do
- 01Indira Park
A sprawling 76-acre park near Tank Bund with a nice, but polluted, little pond and boating.
- 02Sanjeevaiah Park
- 03Snow World
Lower Tank Bund Road (next to Indira Park),.
- 04Army Golf Course Club
- 05Gymkhana Ground
Park View Enclave Tennis Centre, Boinpally,.
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Where to eat
Alpha (opposite Secunderabad Railway Station),. Popular for beja fry, available only in the morning and served for breakfast. Paradise Restaurant, Paradise Circle, M G Rd, Secunderabad. 11:30-23:00. This restaurant is one of the oldest places serving Biryani and of late has lost some of its sheen owing to explosion of business Also serves the best falooda in Hyderabad. It has both a sit-down restaurant and takeaway.
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Getting to Secunderabad
- Airports
- Rajiv Gandhi (HYD), 24 km · Vijayawada (VGA), 265 km
- Stations
- Secunderabad Junction railway station, 800 m · Khairatabad metro station, 5.1 km · Begumpet railway station, 4.2 km · Lakdikapool railway station, 5.4 km · James Street railway station, 1.4 km
- Vijayawada → Secunderabad250 km · quickest by road, 4h 49m · ₹1,860–2,320
- Nagpur → Secunderabad409 km · quickest by road, 7h 49m · ₹3,140–3,920
- Tirupati → Secunderabad440 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · ₹6,380–9,600
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No local-transport research exists yet for Secunderabad
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Secunderabad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTake a taxi or an auto-rickshaw if at all possible.
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Next door to Secunderabad
Secunderabad is 8 km from Hyderabad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hyderabad districtdistrict of Telangana State, India4.4 km
- MalkajgiriSuburb of Hyderabad, India3.4 km
- Khairtabadneighborhood in India5.8 km
- Begumpetsuburb in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India3.1 km
- Jamia Osmaniahuman settlement in India5.7 km
- Abidshuman settlement in India5.9 km