North India Statesman
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News India Live, Digital Desk: If you watch TV news, you must have often seen that whenever a foreign Prime Minister or President (like Vladimir Putin or Joe Biden) comes to India, PM Modi meets him. ‘Hyderabad House’ See you in. There is lunch, photographs are taken and big agreements are signed.
Have you ever wondered why it is named ‘Hyderabad House’ even though it is located near India Gate in Delhi? And who was the person who built it and had so much money that he built his ‘private palace’ in the most expensive area of Delhi?
Let us today tell you a very interesting story from the pages of history.
‘Guest house’ of the world’s richest man
This luxurious building was built by the last Nizam of Hyderabad. Mir Osman Ali Khan Ne.
Friends, he was not a common king. There was a time when Time magazine declared him the richest man in the world. It is said that he had so much gold and diamonds that he used the ‘Jacob Diamond’ (a 185 carat diamond) just for paperweight!
Why did you build a house in Delhi?
When the British shifted the capital of India from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911, they asked the kings and emperors across the country to build houses for their living in Delhi. Lutyens’ Delhi was being settled.
Nizam Osman Ali Khan felt that when he came to Delhi to meet the Viceroy, why should he stay in a hotel or a small house? This would be an insult to his honour. Therefore, to show his wealth, he started building this palace in 1926 and it was completed in 1928.
Butterfly Shape
The specialty of this building is its architecture. It was designed by the famous English architect Edwin Lutyens.
- its map is a Butterfly Is shaped like.
- It is spread over more than 8 acres of land.
- It has such a confluence of Mughal and European architecture that it is a sight to behold. Its dome gives it a royal look.
It is said that the Nizam was so happy to see it that he told his sons, “This palace will remain a symbol of our pride.”
Now how did it come to the government?
After independence, when the princely states merged with India, Hyderabad House also came under the Government of India. Now it is used by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.
This place is not just a building, but is the biggest center of ‘hospitality’ of India. Even today, when you see its grand staircase and chandeliers on TV, remember that this is the gift of the regime that once controlled the world’s wealth.
