Notes on Hyderabad
Location in India
Map of Hyderabad |
Besides these, Hyderabad has many industries of national strategic importance. Some of these
are listed below.
Hyderabad has a booming software industry and
is fast catching up with Bangalore, often called the Silicon Valley of India, in this
field. However, it does not have the heavy industry and factories that some other cities
like Bombay have. Secunderabad, to the north of Hyderabad, was originally established as a
military cantonment in
British India. Today, Secunderabad cantonment is a sprawling facility and is the
biggest(?) in the country. There is another military cantonment in the Golconda area on
the
outskirts of the city and an air force training centre in Hakimpet. My school was in the
Secunderabad cantonment area (Hakimpet was nearby) and we would often get to see fighter
jets perform maneouvres in the skies above. Hyderabad/Secunderabad has many interesting
places to see. andhratoday.com has some good
information. Notes on Hyderabad
Hyderabad, my hometown, is a fast-growing
metropolis and may well become the fifth biggest city in India. It is going through a big
modernisation drive. Flyovers were being
constructed in many parts of the city to handle the increased vehicular traffic around the
time I left India in August of 1999.
Secunderabad is its twin city. I don't know for sure where the boundary between the two lies but it is generally
accepted that the 1.6 km long Tank Bund Road connects the two. Otherwise, for all practical
purposes they are just one big city. Hyderabad is an interesting mixture of the old and
the
modern in many aspects, buildings, culture, food, etc. Hyderabad is home to four
universities- Osmania University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Telugu
University and University of Hyderabad. The city has some premier R&D institutes. Some of
these are listed below.
Nuclear Fuel Complex
Hindustan Aeronautical Limited
Bharat Dyanmics Limited
Electronics Corporation of India, Ltd.
Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited