Basheer Bagh Palace
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{{Infobox building
|name=Bashir Bagh Palace
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|building_type= Royal Palace
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|location=Hyderabad, Telangana, India
|completion_date= circa 1880
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}}Basheer Bagh Palace or Bashir Bagh Palace was a palace located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was constructed by Sir Asman Jah, member of Paigah noble family and Prime Minister of Hyderabad state (1887–1894). The palace was demolished in the 1970s.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabads-opulent-palaces-a-pale-shadow-of-their-past/articleshow/45878127.cms|title=Hyderabad's opulent palaces a pale shadow of their past|date=2015-01-14|work=The Times of India|access-date=2024-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youandi.com/a-trip-down-the-lane-to-hyderabads-architectural-grandeur/|title=A Trip Down the Lane to Hyderabad’s Architectural Grandeur|date=2012-05-24|work=|access-date=2024-04-05}}
History
File:The interior of Bashir-bagh Palace, Hyderabad, India.JPG, {{circa|1880}}.]]
It was once a palace with great architecture and magnificent interior. The palace was dismantled by the state government after Indian independence, but the area is still known as Basheerbagh.{{cite web| url= http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000430S6U00018000| title= Bashir-bagh Palace, Hyderabad| publisher= British Library| accessdate= 2020-08-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154030/https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho0000430s6u00018000.html| archive-date= 5 March 2016| url-status= dead}} This palace was built in 1880.
This place has the distinction of playing host to the Hindustani classical maestro, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who stayed here in the final years of his life, patronized by Zahir Yar Jung. He died at this palace on 25 April 1968.{{cite web|url=http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~ab/Miscellany/badegulam.htm |title=An ustad's legacy |accessdate=2008-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705170957/http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~ab/Miscellany/badegulam.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 |df=dmy }} An ustad's legacy After the abolition of the jagirs in 1949, Zahir Yar Jung and other grandsons of Asman Jah were unable to maintain the palace which led to the abandoning of the property and several other palaces of the family. Later, portions of the land were sold in the 1960s.
References
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External links
{{Portal|Hyderabad}}
- [http://www.deendayal.com/palaces.htm Picture of Bashir Bagh Palace]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911042348/http://www.primetimeprism.com/hyd/hyd4hyrs.html Picture of the palace]}}
Category:Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad
Category:Palaces of Paigah of Hyderabad
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Hyderabad
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