435 years, in milestones
From the hill fort at Golconda to the laws of 2026: Hyderabad’s history as dated events, each with its source. Filter by era, or travel through it in the Time Machine.
1724THE NIZAMS
The Asaf Jahi dynasty
Asaf Jah I defeats Mubariz Khan, establishes autonomy over the Deccan and founds the dynasty whose rulers are known as the Nizams.
1769THE NIZAMS
Capital of the Nizams
Hyderabad becomes the formal capital of the Asaf Jahi Nizams.
1798THE NIZAMS
The British at Bolarum
A subsidiary alliance with the East India Company stations British troops at Bolarum, in what is now Secunderabad.
1806THE NIZAMS
Secunderabad
Secunderabad is established as a British cantonment, named after the third Nizam, Sikander Jah.
Secunderabad →Source: Wikipedia: Secunderabad (revision 1377574739)
1908THE NIZAMS
The Musi flood
After the Musi floods the city, it is expanded and civic monuments built — much of it under Mir Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam, called the maker of modern Hyderabad.