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Himayat Sagar

1927 · 20th century

Himayat Sagar is a reservoir on the Esi river near Hyderabad, completed in 1927 under the Nizam Osman Ali Khan and named after his son Azam Jah, Himayat Ali Khan. With the Osman Sagar, it was built after the disastrous Musi flood of 1908 to protect the city from floods and supply it with drinking water.

Himayat Sagar
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Himayat Sagar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/himayat-sagar
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