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	{{Short description\|Royal palace of the Nizam of Hyderabad}}		{{Short description\|Royal palace of the Nizam of Hyderabad}}
			Bella Vista is a royal palace of the Nizam during the existence of Hyderabad State, now located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1][2] It is an Indo-European building standing on a 10-acre (40,000 m<sup>2</sup>) verdant campus. The building's French architect named it Bella Vista, meaning beautiful sight, since it overlooks the Hussain sagar lake. It is located in the Saifabad suburb and is modeled on the Henley-on-Thames of England. Since 1956, the building has been home to the Administrative Staff College of India.{{Infobox building
	{{Infobox building
	\| name = Bella Vista		\| name = Bella Vista
	\| image = ~~BellaVistaPalast-DrawingRoom Hyderabad~~.~~jpeg~~		\| image = Ascihead.jpg
	\| building_type = Royal Palace		\| building_type = Royal Palace
	\| architectural_style = French		\| architectural_style = French
	\| structural_system =		\| structural_system =
	\| location = [[~~Hyderabad~~, ~~Telangana\|~~Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Somajiguda]] , near Raj Bhavan, [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].
	\| completion_date = 1910		\| completion_date = {{start date and age\| 1910}}
	\| ~~opened~~ =		\| opened_date =
	\| main_contractors =		\| main_contractors =
	\| architect = French Architect		\| architect = French Architect
	\| structural_engineer =		\| structural_engineer =
	}}		}}
	'''Bella Vista''' is a [[royal palace]] of the [[Nizam]] during the existence of [[Hyderabad State]], now located in [[Hyderabad, Telangana\|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news \|title= The Prince and The Palace\|url= http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/25/stories/2004022500270300.htm\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040530154223/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/25/stories/2004022500270300.htm\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= 30 May 2004\|newspaper= [[The Hindu]]\|date= 2004-02-25\|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title= Deen Dayal's eyes capture bygone era\|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-26/hyderabad/27818880_1_exhibition-salar-jung-museum-hyderabad\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111204145348/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-26/hyderabad/27818880_1_exhibition-salar-jung-museum-hyderabad\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= 4 December 2011\|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]\|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref> It is an Indo-European building standing on a {{convert\|10\|acre\|m2\|adj=on}} verdant campus. The building's [[France\|French]] [[architect]] named it Bella Vista, meaning ''beautiful sight'', since it overlooks the [[Hussain sagar]] lake. It is located in the [[Saifabad]] suburb and is modeled on the [[Henley-on-Thames]] of [[England]].
	~~[[File:Ascihead.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|left\|Bella Vista now known as [[Administrative Staff College of India\|ASCI]]]]~~

	==History==		==History==
	Muslehuddin Mohammed, bar-at-law, became Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] and was given the title ''Hakim-ud-Dowla''. He constructed the palace as his residence in 1905. He lived there from 1905 to 1914 when he fell victim to plague at the age of 57. On his death in 1916, the family decided to sell the palace. The [[Mir Osman Ali Khan\|last Nizam]] purchased it, along with furniture, for Rs 60,000 in 1917.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/191216/60-royal-years-in-administrative-staff-college-of-india-life.html\|title=Hyderabad: 60 royal years in ASCI life\|date=2016-12-19\|work=Deccan Chronicle\|access-date=2018-07-20\|language=en}}</ref>		[[File:BellaVistaPalast-DrawingRoom Hyderabad.jpeg\|thumb\|left\|The drawing room of the Bella Vista Palace, prepared for the visit of the [[Edward VIII\|Prince of Wales]] in 1922.]] Muslehuddin Mohammed, bar-at-law, became Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Hyderabad State\|Hyderabad]] and was given the title ''Hakim-ud-Dowla''. He constructed the palace as his residence in 1905. He lived there from 1905 to 1914 when he fell victim to plague at the age of 57. On his death in 1916, the family decided to sell the palace. The [[Mir Osman Ali Khan\|last Nizam]] purchased it, along with furniture, for Rs 60,000 in 1917.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/191216/60-royal-years-in-administrative-staff-college-of-india-life.html\|title=Hyderabad: 60 royal years in ASCI life\|date=2016-12-19\|work=Deccan Chronicle\|access-date=2018-07-20\|language=en}}</ref>

	It was in this palace that the elder son of the Seventh Nizam-[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] who was heir apparent to the [[throne]] of Hyderabad - Prince of Berar, [[Azam Jah]] lived with his wife, [[Princess Durru Shehvar]].<ref>{{cite news \|title= Princess Dürrühsehvar of Berar\|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510174/Princess-Durruhsehvar-of-Berar.html\|newspaper= The Telegraph\|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml\|title= A Song of Hyderabad\|author= Bilquis Jehan Khan\|publisher= thefridaytimes.com\|access-date= 28 January 2012\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064747/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml\|archive-date= 22 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		It was in this palace that the elder son of the Seventh Nizam-[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] who was heir apparent to the [[throne]] of Hyderabad - [[Prince of Berar]], [[Azam Jah]] lived with his wife, [[Princess Durru Shehvar]].<ref>{{cite news \|title= Princess Dürrühsehvar of Berar\|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510174/Princess-Durruhsehvar-of-Berar.html\|newspaper= The Telegraph\|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml\|title= A Song of Hyderabad\|author= Bilquis Jehan Khan\|publisher= thefridaytimes.com\|access-date= 28 January 2012\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064747/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml\|archive-date= 22 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			==Administrative Staff College of India==
			{{Infobox university
			\| name = Administrative Staff College of India
			\| image =
			\| logo = [[File:ASCI logo.png\|600px]]
			\| established = {{start date and age\|1956}}
			\| type = [[Civil service]] training institute
			\| director =
			\| campus = [[Urban area\|Urban]], {{convert\|9\|acre\|km2}}
			\| city = [[Hyderabad, India\|Hyderabad]]
			\| state = [[Telangana]]
			\| country = [[India]]
			\| website = [http://www.asci.org.in/ asci.org.in/]
			}}

	~~Some~~ of the ~~famous visitors~~ to the ~~palace include~~ [[~~Muhammad Ali Jinnah~~]]. ~~It now houses~~ the [[Administrative Staff College of ~~India~~]].		ASCI was started jointly by the [[Government of India]] and representatives of industry as an autonomous institute in 1956 for training in the field of [[civil service]] development.<ref>{{cite web \|title=ASCI — A college that moulds administrative mandarins \|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/08/22/stories/2005082202220200.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922082903/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/08/22/stories/2005082202220200.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2012-09-22 \|accessdate=2011-07-16}}</ref> Initially, the government Of India planned to set up the college in Britain. The first session was to commence in 1948 at [[Henley Business School\|Henley]]. However, a committee of the [[All India Council for Technical Education]] in 1953 recommended that the Administrative Staff College be established in India. ASCI specialises in providing non-degree post-graduate diplomas for [[civil service\|civil servants]] of corporate and government sectors and urban management.<ref>{{cite web \|title=World Bank Helps Train New Breed of Professional Urban Managers \|url=http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21140710~menuPK:50003484~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:295584,00.html \|accessdate=2011-07-16}}</ref> The research and consultancy activities of ASCI were started in 1973 with aid from [[Ford Foundation]]. [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS]] officer R. H. Khwaja took charge as ASCI director-general on 1 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indtoday.com/rh-khwaja-takes-charge-as-asci-dg/\|title=RH Khwaja takes charge as ASCI DG\|date=3 January 2017\|website=indtoday.com}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist}}

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{{Infobox building
| name = Bella Vista
| image = BellaVistaPalast-DrawingRoom Hyderabad.jpeg
| building_type = Royal Palace
| architectural_style = French
| structural_system =
| location = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
| completion_date = 1910
| opened =
| main_contractors =
| architect = French Architect
| structural_engineer =
}}
'''Bella Vista''' is a [[royal palace]] of the [[Nizam]] during the existence of [[Hyderabad State]], now located in [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news |title= The Prince and The Palace|url= http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/25/stories/2004022500270300.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040530154223/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/25/stories/2004022500270300.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 30 May 2004|newspaper= [[The Hindu]]|date= 2004-02-25|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Deen Dayal's eyes capture bygone era|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-26/hyderabad/27818880_1_exhibition-salar-jung-museum-hyderabad|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111204145348/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-26/hyderabad/27818880_1_exhibition-salar-jung-museum-hyderabad|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 December 2011|newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref> It is an Indo-European building standing on a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} verdant campus. The building's [[France|French]] [[architect]] named it Bella Vista, meaning ''beautiful sight'', since it overlooks the [[Hussain sagar]] lake. It is located in the [[Saifabad]] suburb and is modeled on the [[Henley-on-Thames]] of [[England]].
[[File:Ascihead.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Bella Vista now known as [[Administrative Staff College of India|ASCI]]]]

==History==
Muslehuddin Mohammed, bar-at-law, became Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] and was given the title ''Hakim-ud-Dowla''. He constructed the palace as his residence in 1905. He lived there from 1905 to 1914 when he fell victim to plague at the age of 57. On his death in 1916, the family decided to sell the palace. The [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|last Nizam]] purchased it, along with furniture, for Rs 60,000 in 1917.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/191216/60-royal-years-in-administrative-staff-college-of-india-life.html|title=Hyderabad: 60 royal years in ASCI life|date=2016-12-19|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en}}</ref>

It was in this palace that the elder son of the Seventh Nizam-[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] who was heir apparent to the [[throne]] of Hyderabad - Prince of Berar, [[Azam Jah]] lived with his wife, [[Princess Durru Shehvar]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Princess Dürrühsehvar of Berar|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510174/Princess-Durruhsehvar-of-Berar.html|newspaper= The Telegraph|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml|title= A Song of Hyderabad|author= Bilquis Jehan Khan|publisher= thefridaytimes.com|access-date= 28 January 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064747/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/31122010/page29.shtml|archive-date= 22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some of the famous visitors to the palace include [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. It now houses the [[Administrative Staff College of India]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Hyderabad State]]
[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Royal residences in India]]
[[Category:Palaces in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Palaces of Nizams of Hyderabad]]

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