Deccan Chronicle
Once divided by the Musi, now united by diversity — Hyderabad’s story of many cities in one.
xIn 1947 the rulers of Hyderabad State did not want to be a part of the new Republic of India. Today, Hyderabad has become a mini-India and a metaphor for our national motto — unity in diversity. Perhaps due to its cosmopolitan character and composite culture, a mix of north and south, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had famously called it India’s “second capital”.
Hyderabad, or what is now Greater Hyderabad, is many cities in one. Until not very long it was popularly referred to as the “twin cities” — Hyderabad and Secunderabad. When in fact it ought to have been referred to as “triplet cities” — “Old” Hyderabad, a “New” Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The city began as an urban settlement south of
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