Malwala Palace - Historical place in Hyderabad - Hyderabad, India

Hello readers.... Welcome to hyderabad. I was here to visit this palace and know how amd why they built and the history behind it. I was happy that it was a good place to visit until you're a well prepared for the traffic and people out here. For all the people who want to reach out this place i really suggest you to not to go on your own vehicles because this place is not so great to parking and even if you get parking you may get any little effect for your vehicles. Use public transport from the place you come here. ... Stay safe , Stay happy , Peace out.

Malwala Palace was built in 1845 and is located in Hyderabad, telangana, India. Malwala Palace was located along the road leading towards east from Charminar. It was constructed in Mughal and Rajasthani style and in Hyderabadi courtyard style, was known for its richly carved. wooden pavilion. Other than Raja Bhagwandas Bagh Pavilion, Malwala Palace was the only other palace in Hyderabad having a wooden pavilion.Barring the grand gateway, the entire palace complex has been demolished in August 2000 and a shopping mall has been built in its place. The Malwalas were responsible for the revenue records of the Nizam's dominions. The palace belonged to a noble family of Dewan Chandulal, the Malwala or the custodians of the Revenue Records (Daftar -i- Mal) of the erstwhile Hyderabad State. Built in the early 18th century by the noble Sagar Mall during the reign of first nizam in 1724, this was one of the very few palaces of Hyderabad built in the Mughal and Rajasthani styles of architecture. It acquired the name Malwala as Sagar Mall was the custodian of revenue records (maal) in hyderabad state. At the time department of revenue was held by the Mathur Kayastha family or Malwala family. During the 1940s, at the time of one of the family descendants, Raja Dharam Karan, the grandeur of the palace was resplendent and was noted for its glory and power. It was an exquisite Diwan Khana made of huge arches in lacquered wood and painted with vegetable dyes and two galleries about 80 m in length flanking the Diwan Khana on each side constructed with Rangoon teak rafters. The galleries housed priceless collection of antique Indian art and artifacts. The palace also had a library, which boasted of a collection of rare books and manuscripts from the 10th century A.D. It is one of the few wooden edifices in the city, a double-storeyed mansion with inner courtyards, with its ornamental archway entrance rich in stucco work and a fountain at the centre. There were wooden pavilions on two sides and overhanging wooden balconies with intricate patterns in Rajasthani and Mughal architectural styles. The palace had two wings, the eastern part used for official business, celebrations and social functions and the western one for residential purpose. The eastern part extended to 2460 square metres with a beautiful cistern standing in the middle of the vast courtyard. It consisted of a series of galleries in two floors and a wooden pavilion, which like the Diwan-i-Khas of the Delhi Fort is "an oriental magnificence in wood." Vegetable dyes were used for decorating the lacquered wood and the walls. Tragedy struck the Malwala Palace, a protected heritage building, having rare wooden pavilion considered the "bride" among the garland of palaces around Charminar when the major portion as important as the "heart" was reduced to rubble in 2000. The demolition occurred after disputes between a sections of the owners of the palace, some in collusion with real estate developers and politicians over maintaining heritage status of the building.

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Now it is not a palace it's unani hospital called charminar unani hospital managed by the govt of t.s here u can start your any type of treatment free of cost and unani is a permanent solution for any diseases

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There is no palace... Now a days it is used as a market place near to charminar..... It not a visiting place... So don't visit... Complete waste of time

Actually I travelled to the area around Malwala palace by road, walking , but couldn't find the structure only.. There were some dilapidated grazed down structures there's not sure if it was part of the palace itself...Because the google maps showed it as the same place

an architectural marvel located adjacent to the charminar and one of the few wooden edifices in the city, the malwala palace though listed a heritage monument remains totally neglected. notified a protected monument and declared a heritage site by the hyderabad urban development authority (huda), the palace, a typical hyderabad courtyard house with its ornamental archway entrance rich in stucco work, remains a mute testimony to the ravages of time. now a dilapidated structure it is a double-storeyed mansion with inner courtyards. remnants of a fountain at the centre can be seen. the wooden pavilions on two sides and overhanging wooden balconies with intricate patterns in rajasthani and mughal architecture styles are hardly noticeable today. almost the entire structure except the gateway had been demolished but since the heritage committee had intervened, the demolition was stayed, historical society of hyderabad (hsh) secretary rani sarma said. built by a noble, sagar mall, during the reign of first nizam in 1724, it acquired the name malwala as sagar mall was the custodian of revenue records (maal) in hyderabad state. then the department of revenue was held by the mathur kayastha family or malwala family. even in the 1940s, at the time of one of the family descendants, raja dharam karan, the grandeur of the palace was resplendent. the people of the city, particularly the elders, have a vivid memory of the glory and power of malwala palace, hsh member mohd akber said. he said the interiors of the grand mansion have been demolished to such an extent that it might appear as a legend for the children of the present generation. when contacted, the department of archaeology deputy director m a qaiyum said the malwala palace was not under their control though listed as a heritage monument.