Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The name Hyderabad means "Hyder's abode" or "lion city", derived from the Persian/Urdu words "haydar" or "hyder" (lion) and "ābād" (city or abode). According to John Everett-Heath, the author of Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, Hyderabad was named …
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G for Guwahati
Guwahati cityGuwahati is an ancient urban area, largest city of Assam and northeastern India. It is one of the fastest developing cities in India and is a major city in Eastern India, often referred as "Gateway of North Eastern Region" of the country. It is also the capital city of Assam. The name Guwahati is …
F for Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. I had visited Fatehpur Sikri when I was nine and a half …
E for Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls is situated at the outskirts of the main city of Shillong. Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya, a state in north-east India. Elephant Falls is almost 12 kms away from the city. The unique part of Elephant Falls in Meghalaya is that it is a three-tier waterfall set in the dingles of the …
D for Dalhousie
Sunset in DalhousieDalhousie will always have a special place in my heart because it bestowed on me the gift of snow (my life's first). It was the first stop of the holiday Az and I took on the eve of our first wedding anniversary.Dalhousie is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, established in 1854 by …
C for Coimbatore
Coimbatore is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. I was there with my family in the year 1997 and it was the month of March.We were there only for a couple of days and frankly I don't really remember anything about the city. Deta (my father) was one of the two …
WWW Wednesday #8 (2nd April 2014)
WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading event hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To play along, you just have to answer the following three (3) questions…What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? My answers to the above questions are:What are you currently reading? I am …
B for Bokakhat
Bokakhat is a sleepy little town in the Golaghat district of Assam. It is on the way to upper Assam and is more of a 'passing through' town. Since I have been traveling from upper to central/lower Assam since childhood, Bokakhat has been a constant part of my life. It is that place where all …
A for Assam
Assam is one of the 'seven sisters' north-eastern states of India. The name Assam is derived from the word asama, meaning “peerless” in the now extinct Ahom language. The neighbouring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya were once part of Assam. The capital, formerly Shillong (now the capital of Meghalaya), was shifted to Dispur, a suburb of Guwahati, in …
A to Z Theme Reveal Day
I have signed up for the Blogging From A to Z Challenge [April 2014]. This will be the second blogging challenge I shall be participating. In this challenge, the participants will need to post on their blogs on themes starting with the letter A on April 1, B on April 2 and so on. Sundays …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 