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{{Infobox building
| name = Victoria Memorial Home
| image = Saroornagar Palace North View 1900 Lala Deen Dayal.jpg
| building_type = Orphanage
| architectural_style = [[Hyderabad Deccan]]
| structural_system =
| location = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
| completion_date = 1903
| opened = {{start date and age|1905|02|14}}
| main_contractors =
| architect =
| structural_engineer =
| height = 32 feet
| floor_count = 2
| caption = North view of the Victoria Memorial Home
}}
'''Victoria Memorial Home''' or '''Yateem Khana-e-Victoria''', officially known as '''Victorial Memorial Home Residential High School''' is a historic school and [[orphanage]] located in [[Saroornagar]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in the Indian state of [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN 24 Feb 2013, 02.17AM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/india/37269562_1_begumpet-airport-iaf-chopper-tight-security |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020024834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/india/37269562_1_begumpet-airport-iaf-chopper-tight-security |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-20 |title=Manmohan Singh in Hyderabad today |date=2013-02-24 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2013-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manmohan-to-visit-hyderabad-on-sunday/article4446542.ece |title=Manmohan to visit Hyderabad blast site today |work=The Hindu |date=2013-02-23 |access-date=2013-05-16}}</ref>

It is housed in Saroornagar Palace, a palace of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. The building is located 70-acre campus, located close to the [[Victoria Memorial metro station]].

==History==
The [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Mahboob Ali Khan]], had drawings made for a hunting lodge as early as 1882.<ref name=":2" /> The building was completed in 1903. However, the Nizam abandoned the palace on account of a superstition, as he fell ill soon after visiting the unfinished palace.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/travel/260916/celebrating-425-years-of-hyderabad-places-to-explore-in-the-city.html|title=Celebrating 425 years of Hyderabad: Places to explore in city |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2020-01-31 |date=2016-09-26}}</ref><ref name="victoriametro">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/heritage-vantage-point-from-metro/articleshow/65943093.cms|title=Heritage vantage point from Metro}}</ref> The building remained deserted for a some time.

In 1904, on occasion of the death of [[Queen Victoria]], the British Resident asked the Nizam to set up an institute in her memory.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/231017/hyderabad-nizam-vi-considered-vmh-ill-omen.html|title=Hyderabad: Nizam VI considered Victoria Memorial Home ill omen|date=2017-10-23|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> The latter issued a royal [[firman]] to set up the '''Victoria Memorial Orphanage''' at the Saroornagar Palace.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/victoria-memorial-home-house-commissionerate|title=Victoria Memorial Home to house commissionerate|last=Khan|first=AuthorAsif Yar|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> The orphanage opened officially on 14 February 1905.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India|last=Khalidi|first=Omar|date=2009|pages=201|author-link=Omar Khalidi|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> In 1953, the word "orphanage" was replaced by "home" due to a request by Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2017, the government announced a plan to hand over a part of the orphanage to house the [[Rachakonda commissionerate|Rachakonda Police Commissionerate]].<ref name=":1" /> This resulted in widespread controversy and a case was filed in the High Court against the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2017/nov/04/dont-cut-trees-at-victoria-memorial-home-hyderabad-high-court-1691661.html|title=Don't cut trees at Victoria Memorial Home: Hyderabad High Court|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/hc-seeks-clarity-on-vm-home-land-ownership/article19913614.ece|title=HC seeks clarity on Victoria Memorial Home land ownership|last=Correspondent|first=Legal|date=2017-10-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-31|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Several activists including [[Mir Najaf Ali Khan]] protested against the shift.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizams-family-joins-the-fight-to-save-victoria-orphanage/articleshow/61048748.cms|title=Nizam's family joins the fight to save Victoria orphanage {{!}} Hyderabad News - Times of India|last1=Oct 12|first1=Syed Akbar {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2017|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31|last3=Ist|first3=12:13}}</ref>

== Building ==
The building is rectangular in shape, with a length of 420 feet and breadth of 285 feet.<ref name=":0" /> It has two floors. It is surrounded by thick greenery. It has an arched entrance, and high-ceilinged large rooms.<ref name=":2" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://saroonagar.blogspot.com/2012/08/saroonagar-palace-hyderabad.html Blog on Victoria Memorial Home]

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