From the battle-scarred forts of Chittorgarh and Mehrangarh to the ceremonial palaces of Mysore and Hyderabad, India’s ...

The Kacheguda Rail Museum continues to draw visitors by showcasing the evolution of Indian Railways during the Nizam era, ...

Hyderabad House was built in 1926 after the Nizam bought an 8.2-acre plot, spending about ₹50 lakh, worth hundreds of crores today. He needed a Delhi residence for Chamber of Princes meetings.

One of the greatest benefits of the democratization of travel is the entrée mere mortals have been given to lives and cultures that previously were inaccessible to all but a select few. So it is with ...

Picture this: the world’s richest man, worth more than 2% of America’s GDP, shuffling through his opulent palace in threadbare cotton pyjamas and a crumpled cap. This was no eccentric affectation. It ...

It is best not to think of haleem, that famous Hyderabadi stew, when you meet Shahzadi Haleema Begum, one of the last surviving granddaughters of the last Nizam of Hyderabad. Haleem, as Haleema Begum ...

Mir Osman Ali Khan was the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad. There was a rumor of him donating 5000 kilograms of gold to the Indian government and it was discussed for a quite long period of time. However, the ...

A London court has finally put to rest one of the many disputes between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan. It goes back 71 years, to just after the partition of British colonial India into ...