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	\| image_caption = ~~Masonic Lodge Picquet Tank Secunderabad~~		\| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Goshamahal Assembly constituency\|Goshamahal]]
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			\| image_skyline = Gosha Mahal Baradari 1920s Exterior.tif
			\| image_caption = Gosha Mahal Baradari in 1920s
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	'''Goshamahal''' is a suburb in [[Hyderabad City]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Goshamahal-traffic-PS-of-Nizam-era-razed-to-ground/articleshow/48383155.cms\|title=Goshamahal traffic PS of Nizam-era razed to ground \| Hyderabad News - Times of India}}</ref>		'''Goshamahal''' is a suburb in [[Hyderabad City]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Goshamahal-traffic-PS-of-Nizam-era-razed-to-ground/articleshow/48383155.cms\|title=Goshamahal traffic PS of Nizam-era razed to ground \| Hyderabad News - Times of India\|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=7 August 2015 }}</ref>

	The Goshamahal Baradari is probably the only well preserved palace built by the Qutb Shahi rulers, as almost all their palaces were destroyed during the long siege of the kingdom by Aurangzeb. It was built by the last Qutb Shahi ruler, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah\|Sultan Abul Hassan Tana Shah]] in 1684. <ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nanisetti \|first1=Serish \|title=350 years old and highly adaptive! \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/350-years-old-and-highly-adaptive/article13993358.ece}}</ref>Apparently, during [[Aurangzeb]]'s conquest of the Deccan, he installed his son Shah Alam in this palace, which later served as the Mughal headquarters in the south~~. It also has an underground route(Guffa) to Charminar and some other places~~.		Derived from the word ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gosha gosha]'' meaning secluded women in ''purdah.'' The Goshamahal Baradari is probably the only well preserved palace built by the Qutb Shahi rulers, as almost all their palaces were destroyed during the long siege of the kingdom by Aurangzeb. It was built by the last Qutb Shahi ruler, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah\|Sultan Abul Hassan Tana Shah]] in 1684.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Nanisetti \|first1=Serish \|title=350 years old and highly adaptive! \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/350-years-old-and-highly-adaptive/article13993358.ece}}</ref> Apparently, during [[Aurangzeb]]'s conquest of the Deccan, he installed his son Shah Alam in this palace, which later served as the Mughal headquarters in the south.

	Later, in the early 20th century, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan\|7th Nizam of Hyderabad]] handed this palace over to the Freemasons of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and it has been in their care ever since.		Later, in the early 20th century, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan\|7th Nizam of Hyderabad]] handed this palace over to the Freemasons of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and it has been in their care ever since.
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'''Goshamahal''' is a suburb in [[Hyderabad City]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Goshamahal-traffic-PS-of-Nizam-era-razed-to-ground/articleshow/48383155.cms|title=Goshamahal traffic PS of Nizam-era razed to ground | Hyderabad News - Times of India}}</ref>

The Goshamahal Baradari is probably the only well preserved palace built by the Qutb Shahi rulers, as almost all their palaces were destroyed during the long siege of the kingdom by Aurangzeb. It was built by the last Qutb Shahi ruler, [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah|Sultan Abul Hassan Tana Shah]] in 1684. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Nanisetti |first1=Serish |title=350 years old and highly adaptive! |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/350-years-old-and-highly-adaptive/article13993358.ece}}</ref>Apparently, during [[Aurangzeb]]'s conquest of the Deccan, he installed his son Shah Alam in this palace, which later served as the Mughal headquarters in the south. It also has an underground route(Guffa) to Charminar and some other places.

Later, in the early 20th century, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|7th Nizam of Hyderabad]] handed this palace over to the Freemasons of Hyderabad and Secunderabad and it has been in their care ever since.

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