Raj Bhavan

Marrett, Eric
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Shah Manzil
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/32128
Date
1936
Description
Designed in 1930s by Eric Marrett, third in a generation of architectsLocated on Raj Bhavan Road, this mansion was the official residence of the President of the Nizam’s Executive Council and may have been purpose-built. In 1956, it was renamed Raj Bhavan to confirm to the Sanskritization policy of the government. Successive chief ministers and governors of Andhra Pradesh occupied it while in tenure.
 
exterior, 2008
 
Type of Work
Mansion; Official residence
Subject
Governors, Mansions, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Residential architecture, Official residences, Hyderabad (India)
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(c) Sanjeeva Kumar
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