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School in India
Aliya High School for Boys
Class photograph of Madrasa-i-Aliya, in 1890s
Location
Gunfoundry, Hyderabad
India
Coordinates17°23′57″N 78°28′24″E / 17.3992418°N 78.473442°E / 17.3992418; 78.473442
Information
Funding typeState Government
Established1872
FounderThe Nizams

Aliya High School for Boys, previously known as Madrassa-e-Aliya, is a government-owned school located at Gunfoundry, Hyderabad.

History

The school was established in 1872 during the reign of the Nizams for the elite and served the city's nobility, and was supposedly one of the best schools in Hyderabad till the 1960s.

It was managed by Anglo-Indians, but after Operation Polo the school management was brought under the control of the state government which reportedly brought about its downfall. The school building is listed as a heritage building. The school was renamed 1948, the school then known as Madrassa-e-Aliya was founded by Salar Jung I in the Nizam College premises. The school which once served the elite and the nobility now caters to the children of poor.

Alumni

Name Notability References
Ali Nawaz Jung
Ali Yavar Jung
Aneesur Rahman
Asif Iqbal
Ghulam Ahmed
Idris Hasan Latif
Kishen Pershad
Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Mir Osman Ali Khan
Muffakham Jah
Mukarram Jah
Raja Rao

See also

References

  1. "Aliya, Mahbubia to stay as govt institutes". The Times of India. 9 July 2003. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ Baseerat, Bushra (8 January 2012). "'School for the elite' lies in a shambles". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
  3. Akula, Yuvraj (27 December 2016). "Once an elite school, now in shambles". Telangana Today. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. Khan, Ali. "Nawab Ali Nawaz Jang: an unsung great Indian engineer". The Siasat Daily – Archive. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ^ Ifthekhar, J. S. (6 January 2023). "Aliya: 150 and still going strong; among the Aliyans are both kings and commoners". The Siasat Daily. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. ^ Nanisetti, Serish (15 January 2021). "Madrasa-i-Aaliya to be razed to make way for a new building". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. Gupta, Abhijit Sen (14 August 2021). "Hyderabad's Ghulam Ahmed was a true "Prince of Cricket"". The Siasat Daily. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  8. Subrahmanyam, V. V. (3 July 2022). "Ghulam Ahmed – a genius that strode the cricket world". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  9. "Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif A Patriot All the Way". You and I. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

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