Taj Falaknuma Palace

Hyderabad, India. Located on a hilltop estate of 13 hectares in Falaknuma, about 5 km from the Charminar, overlooking Hyderabad.

Taj Falaknuma PalaceHyderabad, India

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Address: Taj Falaknuma Palace
Engine Bowli, Falaknuma
Hyderabad, Telangana 500053
India
Telephone: +91 40 6629 8585
Official website: tajhotels.com
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60 rooms and suites with garden or city views.
Restaurants Adaa (Hyderabadi), Celeste (Italian) and Gol Bungalow, plus a Hookah Bar; the palace dining hall seats 101 guests.
A library modelled on Windsor Castle’s, a ballroom with a two-ton organ, Osler chandeliers, the J Wellness Circle spa and a large outdoor pool.
Located on a hilltop estate of 13 hectares in Falaknuma, about 5 km from the Charminar, overlooking Hyderabad.

9 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

3 March 1884
Nawab Sir Viqar-ul-Umra, Prime Minister of Hyderabad, lays the foundation stone of a European-style residence designed by William Ward Marret.
December 1890
Sir Viqar moves into the Gol Bangla and Zenana Mahal wings while supervising the finishing works.
1893
The scorpion-shaped Italian-marble palace is completed, then the tallest building in Hyderabad; its cost required a loan from the Bank of Bengal.
1897 – 1898
After a long stay by the sixth Nizam, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Sir Viqar offers him the palace, which becomes a royal guest house.
Royal guests
Visitors include King George V, Queen Mary, Edward VIII and Tsar Nicholas II.
1951
Indian President Rajendra Prasad is the last important guest before the palace falls into disuse.
2000
Leased to Taj Hotels, the palace begins a ten-year restoration overseen by Princess Esra, first wife of Mukarram Jah.
November 2010
The palace reopens as the Taj Falaknuma Palace hotel.
Since 2010
Guests have included Aga Khan IV, Ivanka Trump and Narendra Modi; films such as K.G.F: Chapter 2 were shot here.