Back फलकनुमा पैलेस Bihari ফলকনুমা প্যালেস Bengali/Bangla Palacio de Falaknuma Spanish ફલાક્નુંમાં પેલેસ Gujarati फलकनुमा पैलेस Hindi ಫಲಕ್ನುಮ Kannada ഫലക്നുമ പാലസ് Malayalam Istana Falaknuma Malay Falaknumapaleis Dutch பாலாக்ணுமா அரண்மனை Tamil
| Falaknuma Palace | |
|---|---|
 Falaknuma Palace northern view | |
  Falaknuma Palace Location in Hyderabad, Telangana | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Location | Hyderabad, India |
| Coordinates | 17°19′50″N 78°28′03″E / 17.3305°N 78.4675°E |
| Construction started | 3 March 1884 |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Opening | 1 Nov 2010[1] (as a hotel) 1893 (as a palace) |
| Cost | ₹4 million |
| Owner | Azmet Jah |
| Management | Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 93,971 m2 (1,011,500 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Ward Marrett[2] |
Falaknuma is a palace in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[3][4] It originally belonged to the Paigah family, and was later owned by the Nizam of Hyderabad.[5] It is on a hillock and covers a 13-hectare (32-acre) area in Falaknuma, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Charminar.
Built by Nawab Sir Viqar-ul-Umra, Prime Minister of Hyderabad and the uncle & brother-in-law of the sixth Nizam.[6] Falak-numa means "Like the Sky" or "Mirror of Sky" in Urdu.[3]
- ^ "Taj Falaknuma Palace Hyderabad Opens November 1, 2010".
- ^ Bahadur, Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra (1884). "Falaknuma palace". Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Borah, Prabalika M. (25 February 2017). "Falaknuma Palace: Turning the pages of history". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Affairs of state". Business Standard India. Business-standard.com. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Mohammed Azam Pasha. "Falaknuma Palace". Archived from the original on 16 March 2008.
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