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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pisal Banda
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Paigah Tombs.jpg
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| image_caption = [[Paigah Tombs]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]
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| governing_body = [[GHMC]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 500 059
| registration_plate = TS
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Yakutpura]]
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'''Pisal Banda''' is a locality in [[Santoshnagar]] neighbourhood of [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]. It is well known for being the site of the historic [[Paigah Tombs]] and Phisal Banda Palace of Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur of Khursheed Jahi Paigah , a rich Nobleman and an amateur astronomer in Hyderabad in 1901 when he bought a 6 inch telescope from England. He installed it in his Pisal Banda Palace premises in a Seven storey Almirah type building, Hyderabad. He requested that it be called Nizamiah Observatory after the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan. Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur died in 1907 and as per his request the Nizam's Government take over the Observatory. In accordance with his wishes, the administration of the Observatory was taken over by the Finance Department of the Nizam's Government in 1908.[2][3] ( now Deccan Medical College and Owaisi Hospital are situated at the very same place )<ref>{{Cite news|last=Safvi|first=Rana|date=2018-01-21|title=The Paigah’s necropolis|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-paigahs-necropolis/article22481683.ece|access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Commercial area==
There are many shops catering to all budgets. There is a big vegetable market at [[Madannapet]], which is quite popular among people of surrounding suburbs.

==Transport==
[[APSRTC|TSRTC]] connects Pisal Banda with all parts of the city. The buses in service are 93, 94, 97D, 98, 102, etc. The closest [[Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System|MMTS Train station]] is at [[Yakutpura]].

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