Basheer Bagh Palace

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building_name=Bashir Bagh Palace


building_type= Royal Palce
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location=Hyderabad, India
completion_date= circa 1880
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Basheer Bagh Palace or Bashir Bagh Palace is a palace located in Hyderabad, India.

It was constructed by Sir Asman Jah, a Paigah noble and Prime Minister of Hyderabad state(1887-1894).

History

It was once a palaces with great architecture and magnificent interiors. 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= 2008-03-15 ]

This place has the distinction of playing host to the Hindustani classical maestro, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who stayed here in his final years of his life, patronized by Nawab Zahir Yar Jung. He passed away at this palace on 25th April, 1968. [ [http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~ab/Miscellany/badegulam.htm An ustad's legacy ] ]

References

External links

* [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.deendayal.com/htmimages/pl371.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.deendayal.com/palaces.htm&h=363&w=472&sz=59&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=XLSvnqER1FGFaM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbashir%2Bbagh%2Bpalace%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG Picture of Bashir Bagh Palace]
* [http://www.primetimeprism.com/hyd/hyd4hyrs.html Picture of the palace]