Category: Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad

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The Charminar gallis or lanes and gotraachar

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Mohana Devi says: “Chudi Galli, Talim Galli, Kutta Galli, Dekchi Galli, Gurbanna Galli- we stayed close to each other”. If we imagine a time when some folks are jagirdars (property/land owners) and some without the jagirs (property), this community established rules to control expenses related to weddings and such events. Here is one such example where Govind Chacha and Mohana Chachi talk about the … Read More The Charminar gallis or lanes and gotraachar

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People of BKC, Dr. Vijender Waghray

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Dr. Waghray, 93, was an eminent physician of Hyderabad and loved to maintain a book of poems he frequently read out of. He had his education in Mufeed-ul-Annam which was in Urdu and then his medical education was in English. Her he is reading from that book when I met him last year in August. The prominent pieces of poetry are from Ghalib. His … Read More People of BKC, Dr. Vijender Waghray

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Navigating a Micro History

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Raja Kanahiya Pershad and his grandson Dr. Sham Sunder PErshad Kapoor

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Historic Core of Hyderabad 1925

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Paraath or a large plate

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A brass plate or paraath, utilized in a large family orcommunity gathering was borrowed by people in the neighborhood. It is 18 inches in diameter and is about five pounds in weight. This particular plate belonged to my husband’s family and it was a token return gift at a wedding, and all the members of this particularwedding party, in 1911, received it. The inscriptionwritten is the name of the person who got married- a symbol of syncretism. It reads “Eknath Pershad, grandson of Nand Lal” and it is written in Urdu … Read More Paraath or a large plate

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+ Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad, Community, Hyderabad

A history of the Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad as written by K L Mahendra

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An introduction to the Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad

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The Mufeed Ul Annam School on the map of Hyderabad 1913

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Mufeed-Ul-Anam School, marked on a map along with a Devdi (mansion) of Raja Roop Lal of the BKC.

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Brahma Kshatriyas of eminence in Hyderabad

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Shaking hands with Prime Minister Nehru is Bala Pershad, Chief Engineer at the inauguration of the Nizam Sagar Dam. Also in the picture is H. Ram Lal (black shervani, extreme right in black eye glasses) who was the secretary to the government.

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