City College, Hyderabad

The Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad established the first city school in the name “Madarsa Dar-ul-Uloom” as early as 1865, later Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, converted it into a City High School.

The school moved into the present grand building in 1921. Intermediate sections (F.A) of Osmania University with 30 students were introduced in 1921 under the supervision of the high school with Urdu as the medium of instruction. In 1929, the school was upgraded to a college and was named “City College”. It became a constituent college of Osmania University. Its chief engineer was Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig.

Government City College was established in 1919 during the rule of the Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII of erstwhile Hyderabad State. The campus is spread over 16 acres and the building is constructed on the banks of Musi River in the Indo-Saracenic style facing the open ground (now Quli Qutub Shah Stadium) and the Telangana High Court is adjacent to the college. The College building has been declared as a Heritage Monument by the Government of Telangana, It has been a pan-India film shooting hub.

Now, City College, known as Government City College (Autonomous), Hyderabad is an Under Graduate and Post-Graduate autonomous college in Hyderabad. The campus is one of the oldest Heritage structures in Hyderabad. Government City College has been re-accredited with a ‘B++’ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It has been conferred with autonomy by the University Grants Commission, Osmania University, and the Telangana State Government since 2004. The college has adopted CBCS since the academic year 2014-15.

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