Hyderabad
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Overview
Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. In the eighteenth century it emerged as one of the regional states that rose as Mughal power declined, and in 1798 it was the first state to sign Wellesley's subsidiary alliance.
At independence Hyderabad, together with Junagadh and Jammu and Kashmir, needed special measures before it joined India. Today it hosts INCOIS, which runs India's tsunami early warning centre, set up in 2007.
Geography and key facts
- Capital of Telangana
- First to sign the subsidiary alliance (1798)
- Integration needed special measures
- INCOIS tsunami warning centre
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on airports (2005); the subsidiary alliance and the integration of princely states are frequent history themes.
Note for UPSC
Capital of Telangana. International airport.
Useful for orientation questions and for locating other features relative to the capital.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2005 · Q38Which one of the following airports in India is the first to be owned by a public limited company?…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Hyderabad.
Key facts
- Type
- State / UT capital · International airport
- State / UT
- Telangana
- Coordinates
- 17.362°N, 78.475°E
17.230°N, 78.432°E
2 markers on the map - Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2005
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
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