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Via |
Distance (kms) |
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| Charminar |
Darul Shifa |
2 kms |
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| Koti |
CBS - Darul Shifa |
2 kms |
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| Patancheru |
Kukatpally - Panjagutta - Nampally - Afzalgunj |
34 kms |
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| Secunderabad |
Musheerabad - Koti - Darul Shifa |
10 kms |
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| Shamshabad |
Tad Bun - Puranapul - Darul Shifa |
20 kms |
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The Salarjung Museum is the third largest museum in India housing the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the
world. It is well known throughout India for its prized collections belonging to different civilizations dating back to the 1st
century. Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III (1889–1949), former Prime Minister of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad,
spent a substantial amount of his income over thirty five years to make this priceless collection, his life's passion. The
collections left behind in his ancestral palace, 'Diwan Deodi' were formerly exhibited there as a private museum which
was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. Old timers believe that the present collection constitutes only half of the
original art wealth collected by Salar Jung III. His employees siphoned off part of it, since Salar Jung was a bachelor and
depended upon his staff to keep a vigil. Some more art pieces were lost or stolen during the shifting of the museum
from Dewan Devdi to the present site. Later in 1968, the museum shifted to its present location at Afzalgunj and is
administered by a Board of Trustees with the Governor of Andhra Pradesh as ex officio chairperson under the Salar
Jung Museum Act of 1961.
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SHIVA LINGAM Found at Rachakonda Fort |
| Loddi Mallaiah Temple in Nallamalla Forest |
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