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Habsiguda | |
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Neighbourhood | |
 Habsiguda main road in 2012 | |
  Habsiguda Location in Hyderabad, India | |
| Coordinates:17°25′09″N78°32′29″E / 17.41917°N 78.54139°E /17.41917; 78.54139 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Hyderabad |
| Zone | East |
| Circle | Uppal Kalan |
| Ward | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Body | GHMC |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 36,206 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 500007 |
| Telephone code | +9140 |
| Vehicle registration | TS |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Malkajgiri |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Uppal |
| Civic agency | GHMC |
Habsiguda is aneighbourhood inHyderabad, Telangana,India. It is located at the eastern end of the city betweenTarnaka andUppal. It formsWard No. 7 ofGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[2]
The origin of the name Habsiguda may have originated fromHabshi meaning African andguda a suffix for village; Habshi was a common term referring to theSiddi, Africans fromAl-Habash (an Arabic term forAbbysinia or Ethiopia).[3] This barren land was a Cattle ground forNizams of Deccan Princely State, and was probably the home of the African troops in Nizam's military[citation needed]. Abyssinians used to be brought as labourers by Nizams to take care of their cattle. Habshi's (people from Abyssinia) lived for decades in and around this area hence the name "Habshi-guda" and now being called as Habsiguda.[4] Today one can still find these Abyssinians in many parts of Old City and especially in "Barkas". Many of these people were mixed with local people and accepted in all communities.
Later Habsiguda was occupied by many construction and plantation labourers that were brought from surrounding districts to constructOsmania University byMir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah Vii (Last Nizam of Hyderabad Deccan).
Habsiguda remained as a hamlet under "Nacharam Village" until 1981 and later became an independent Grampanchayat under Uppal Kalan Municipality and now its part of Hyderabad Metropolitan City.[citation needed]
TheHyderabad Metro Rail has a route covering fromNagole toRaidurg which is laid viaHabsiguda. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the World's Largest Public-Private Partnership Project (PPP) in the Metro Sector. The Hyderabad Metro Rail Network covers a total distance of around 72 km. It has three Metro stops one atCricket Stadium, second atNational Geophysical Research Institute and other at Crossroads of Habsiguda.[5]
Habsiguda is well connected byTSRTC buses. It is about 5 km from Secunderabad Railway Station and about 11 km from HyderabadNampally Railway Station of theSouth Central Railway.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad is about 30 km away from Habsiguda. The closestMMTS Train station is 2.5 km away atSitaphalmandi.
