Hyderabad: The city of pearls.
Hyderabad, located at the heart of the state Telangana of India, is known as the city of pearls.
History of Hyderabad:
In 1724, Asaf Jah I, the Mughal viceroy, founded the Asaf Jahi dynasty [Nizams]. Hyderabad served as the imperial capital of the Asaf Jahi's from 1769 to 1948. It was the capital of Hyderabad state from 1948-1956. After the States Reorganization Act 1956 has been introduced Hyderabad became the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. Following the split of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in 2014, Hyderabad became the capital of newly formed Telangana state.
