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| direction_a =South
| terminus_a = Kavadiguda Road
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The '''Tank Bund Road''' is a road in [[Secunderabad]], Hyderabad, India and it connects Secunderabad to Hyderabad.
The Tank Bund dams [[Hussain Sagar]] Lake on the eastern side and connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and [[Secunderabad]]. It has become an attraction with 33 statues of famous [[Telugu people]].

The Pakistan Patton tank, now an attraction for visitors to the Tank Bund Road, is a War Trophy given to the 54th Infantry Division, and is one that the Indian Army had disabled during the [[Battle of Basantar]] in Pakistan, between 15 and 17 December 1971.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.twincitiesbbs.com/landmarks/tankbund.htm
|title=Tank Bund
|publisher=twincities.com
|accessdate=2006-11-02
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070118233839/http://www.twincitiesbbs.com/landmarks/tankbund.htm  |archivedate = 2007-01-18}}</ref>

[[File:Tank Bund, Hyderabad.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Gardens at Tank Bund]]

Parallel to the Tank Bund Road, the Lower Tank Bund road was built to reduce traffic congestion. [[Lumbini Park]] is the nearest park to this road. The road is also a major point for [[street photography]].

==Statues of Icons along Tank Bund Road==
34 well-sculptured bronze statues, mounted on high platforms, of people who played iconic role in the development of Hyderabad and Telugu culture along the Tank Bund road.<ref name=":0" /> The statues were installed by the then [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]], [[N. T. Rama Rao]]. A committee with members from various regions of [[Andhra Pradesh]] shortlisted personalities for the statues.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-15|title=Statues may face axe in Hyderabad|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/413698/statues-may-face-axe-hyderabad.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

The following 34 personalities are commemorated in the order of appearance from Secunderabad.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Glory restored, The statues of Telugu icons at Tank Bund get makeover|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/glory-restored-statues-of-telugu-icons-at-tank-bund-get-makeover/articleshow/58337643.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Monuments on tank bund.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Monuments at Tank Bund Road]]
*'''[[Komaram Bheem]]''' Tribal leader from [[Telangana]] who openly fought against [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] with slogan ''Jal, jungal, zameen''
*'''[[Rudrama Devi]]''' The 13th century Queen of the [[Kakatiya Dynasty]] which ruled over most parts of present-day [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*'''[[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]]''' Founder of the [[Asaf Jahi Dynasty]]
*'''[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]''' First [[Vice President of India]] and second [[President of India]]
*'''[[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy|CR Reddy]]''' Educationist, political thinker, essayist, poet and literary critic
*'''[[Gurajada Apparao]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] playwright, dramatist, poet, writer and humanist
*'''[[Ballari Raghava]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] playwright, thespian and film actor
*'''[[Alluri Sita Rama Raju]]''' Indian Telugu revolutionary who fought against the [[British raj]]
*'''[[Sir Arthur Cotton]]''' British irrigation engineer instrumental in building the [[Prakasam Barrage]], the [[Dowleswaram Barrage]] and the [[Kurnool Cuddappah Canal]] (K. C. Canal)
*'''[[Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] lawyer, poet, playwright, reformer, rationalist and humanist
*'''[[Pingali Venkayya]]''' Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the [[Indian national flag]] was based
*'''[[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]]''' [[Social reformer]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] writer
*'''[[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]]''' [[Urdu poet]], Marxist political activist and a forerunner of [[Telangana Rebellion]] against the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]
*'''[[Suravaram Pratapareddy]]''' Social historian from [[Telangana]]
*'''[[Gurram Jashuva]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet and [[Dalit]] activist
* '''[[Mutnuri Krishna Rao]]''' Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic
* '''[[Srirangam Srinivasa Rao|Sri Sri]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet and lyricist
* '''[[Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu]]''' Indian [[social reformer]]
*'''[[Thyagaraja]]''' Renowned composer of [[Carnatic music]]
*'''[[Bhadrachala Ramadasu|Ramadasu]]''' 17th-century Indian devotee of [[Lord Rama]] and a composer of [[Carnatic music]]
*'''[[Sri Krishnadevaraya]]''' The Emperor of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] who reigned from 1509 to 1529
* '''[[Kshetrayya]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet and composer of [[Carnatic music]]
*'''[[Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami]]''' [[Hindu]] saint, who lived in [[Andhra Pradesh]]
*'''[[Palanati Brahmanaidu|Bramha Naidu]]''' Minister in a Medieval [[Andhra Ikshvaku|Andhra]] kingdom of [[Palnadu]]
*'''[[Molla (poet)|Molla]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet who authored the [[Telugu-language]] [[Ramayana]]
*'''[[Tana Shah]]''' Last ruler of the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty]]
*'''[[Siddhendra Yogi]]''' Inventor of Modern form of Classical dance [[Kuchipudi]]
*'''[[Yogi Vemana]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet and philosopher
*'''[[Potana]]''' [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet best known for his translation of the [[Bhagavata Purana]] from [[Sanskrit]] to [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
*'''[[Annamacharya]]''' 15th-century [[Hindu]] saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the [[Lord Venkateswara]], a form of [[Vishnu]]
* '''[[Yerrapragada]]''' Medieval [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet
*'''[[Tikkana]]''' Second poet of the "Trinity of Poets ([[Kavi Trayam]])" that translated [[Mahabharata]] into [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
*'''[[Nannayya]]''' Telugu poet and the first in Trinity of poets (Kavitrayam), who authored [[Andhra mahabharatam]], a Telugu retelling of the Mahabharata
*'''[[Gautamiputra Satakarni|Gautamiputra Satakarni (Shalivahanudu)]]''' Ruler of the [[Satavahana Empire]] in present-day [[Deccan]] region of India
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