Your city through history
Hyderabad,
through time.
Hyderabad’s history connects a Qutb Shahi urban foundation, the nearby fortress of Golconda, and the later reshaping of the Deccan. Its monuments offer a way into this layered regional story.
Hyderabad city and the former Hyderabad princely state are different geographic entities. This timeline identifies city and regional events separately; the marker shows only the present-day city.
A timeline of Hyderabad
- 1591
Charminar anchors a new city
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah built the Charminar as Hyderabad developed beside the Musi. Different explanations for the monument’s founding circulate; its original purpose is not settled.
Source: Hyderabad District — Charminar
Explore 1605 CE on the map ↗Atlas context: 1605 CE is a nearby available snapshot, rather than a reconstruction of this exact event.
- 1687
Golconda falls to Mughal forces
Aurangzeb’s forces captured the nearby Qutb Shahi stronghold of Golconda. This is a regional political transition, not a surveyed boundary of Hyderabad city.
Source: Hyderabad District — Golconda Fort
Explore 1680 CE on the map ↗Atlas context: 1680 CE is a nearby available snapshot, rather than a reconstruction of this exact event.
- 2014
A new state and transitional capital
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act created Telangana and provided for Hyderabad to serve as a common capital for a period of up to ten years.
Source: India Code — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
Explore 2014 CE on the map ↗
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