Habsiguda

Habsiguda
హబ్సిగూడ
Neighbourhood

Habsiguda main road in 2012
Habsiguda

Location in Telangana, India

Coordinates: 17°25′09″N 78°32′29″E / 17.41917°N 78.54139°E / 17.41917; 78.54139Coordinates: 17°25′09″N 78°32′29″E / 17.41917°N 78.54139°E / 17.41917; 78.54139
Country  India
State Telangana
District Hyderabad
City Hyderabad
Government
 • Body GHMC
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 500007
Telephone code +9140
Vehicle registration TS 14
Lok Sabha constituency Malkajgiri
Vidhan Sabha constituency Uppal
Civic agency GHMC

Habsiguda is a major suburb in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located at the eastern end of the city between Tarnaka and Uppal. It is one of the major commercial and residential locations in Hyderabad. It covers a major area of the eastern side of Hyderabad with IT, Education, Pharma and Recreational centers. It is located on one of the busiest roads connecting Uppal to HITEC City and has a various transport options commuting 10,000 people each and every day from various parts of the city. The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium and Osmania University are the noted spots along with many other Central Government organisations located here.

History of Habsiguda

The origin of the name Habsiguda may have originated from Habshi, which was a common term referring to Africans although it relates to Abyssinia, an ancient name for Ethiopia in Africa.[1] This barren land was a Cattle ground for Nizams of Deccan Princely State, and was probably the home of the African troops in Nizam's military. Abyssinians used to be brought as slaves and later as laborers by Nizams to take care of their cattle. Habeesis (people from Abyssinia) lived for decades in and around this area hence the name “Habeesguda” and now being called as Habsiguda.[2] Today one can still find these Abyssinians in many parts of Old City and especially in “Barkaas”. Many of these people were mixed with local people and accepted in Muslim communities.

Later Habsiguda was occupied by many construction and plantation labourers that were brought from surrounding districts to construct Osmania University by Asaf Jha iiv Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (Prince of then Deccan Princely State).

Habsiguda remained as an hamlet under “Nacharam Village” until 1981 and later became an independent Grampanchayat under Uppal Kalan Municipality and now its part of Hyderabad Metropolitan City.

Commercial area

A residential area comprising eight streets, Habsiguda grew rapidly from 2000 because of the city's growth in the suburbs.

Shopping

It has grown as popular shopping area for locals with all the leading brands stores along with family shopping mall i.e. Kalyanam Shopping Mall & other leading brands include Raymond, Titan, Levis, Pepe Jeans,Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Nike, PUMA,Adidas. It has many electronic outlets like Bajaj Electronics, Philips etc. Phoenix Motors is one of biggest HERO showrooms located here.

Restaurants

Habsiguda has numerous restaurants, with most of them specializing in Hyderabadi, North Indian and Continental cuisines owing to its cosmopolitan culture.

The famous sweets and snacks chain Pulla Reddy Sweets has one of its branches opened here. Other sweet shops include Narayan Reddy sweets and Mithaiwala.

Sports

It is very near to Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Kakatiya Recreation Club This is the Recreation club managed by the residents of the Kakatiya Nagar having facilities like Indoor swimming pool, Lawn tennis, Badminton, etc. The Kakatiya Park is a pleasant change from the concrete jungle with a remarkable 550 avenue plants along its lanes offering the residents a pleasant time throughout the day. The park is mainly used by the walkers along with children who consider this place a great venue to spend their leisure time.

Industries

GENPACT has one of its campuses here. The organization also has an office in Hitech city, Madhapur. Over the years other software companies like Apps Associates have set up shop here. Apps Associates now owns two buildings on Street No 4 and also has offices in Hitech city.

ELEGANT CHEMICALS is one of the main pharmaceutical manufacturing company in the area manufacturing many National and International products. It is located in Green Hills Colony, Habsiguda.

Research institutes

Religious places

Habsiguda does have some religious places of worship around it .

Transport

Habsiguda is well connected by TSRTC buses. It is about 5 km from Secunderabad Railway Station and about 11 km from Hyderabad Nampally Railway Station of the South Central Railway. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad is about 30 km away from Habsiguda. The closest MMTS Train station is 2.5 km away at Sitaphalmandi.

Late at night, shared autos/cabs keep moving Secunderabad and Uppal directions and provide an affordable alternative to metered autos which charge almost double fares at that time.

The prestigious Hyderabad Metro Rail has a route covering from Nagole to Shilparamam which is laid via Habsiguda.It has two Metro stops one at National Geophysical Research Institute and other at Crossroads of Habsiguda. The completion of this project is believed to reduce the Hyderabad traffic to a large extent in these areas at peak times.

Hospitals & other Medical Institutes

Schools

Schools include IICT ZM High School, Sri Sai Public School, Johnson Grammar School, Tejasvi Vidyaranya, St.Joseph's Public School, Gyana Bharathi High School, Brilliant Grammar High School, Bhashyam Vidayalayam, Sri Chataniya Techno School, Gowtham High School, Silver Jubilee High School & Sadhana high School, Shankara Vidyalaya(HMT nagar), Sarathi School etc.

References

  1. ↑ Ababu Minda yimene An African Indian community in Hyderabad: Siddi identity, its maintenance and change Cuvillier Verlag, 2004 ,P.123.
  2. ↑ Ababu Minda yimene An African Indian community in Hyderabad: Siddi identity, its maintenance and change Cuvillier Verlag, 2004 ,P.124.
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