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{{Infobox building | {{Infobox building | ||
| name = Koti Residency | | name = Koti Residency | ||
| image = | | image = British Residency of Hyderabad 3.jpg | ||
| image_size = 250px | | image_size = 250px | ||
| caption = Front [[façade]] of the Koti Residency | | caption = Front [[façade]] of the Koti Residency | ||
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| structural_system = | | structural_system = | ||
| location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]] | | location = [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]] | ||
| completion_date = ''Circa'' 1805 | | completion_date = ''Circa'' {{start date and age|1805}} | ||
| | | opened_date = | ||
| main_contractors = | | main_contractors = | ||
| architect = Samuel Russell | | architect = Samuel Russell | ||
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| current_tenants = [[University College for Women, Koti]] | | current_tenants = [[University College for Women, Koti]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. | '''Koti Residency''' or '''British Residency''' or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]. Kirkpatrick was [[British Resident]] of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. Today it is part of the [[Osmania University College for Women]] and has been converted into a museum. It can be visited with prior online booking.<ref name="Rangan">{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Rangan |title=A visit to Hyderabad’s British Residency — home of the White Mughal |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/a-visit-to-hyderabads-british-residency-home-of-the-white-mughal/cid/1998314 |access-date=20 February 2024 |agency=My Kolkata |publisher=The Telegraph |date=4 February 2024}}</ref> | ||
The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by [[Lieutenant]] Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803. | The building with its classical [[portico]] is in the style of a [[Palladian villas of the Veneto|Palladian villa]] and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the [[White House]]. It features in the 2002 [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]] book ''[[White Mughals]]''. The house was designed by [[Lieutenant]] Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.<ref name="Rangan"/> | ||
The building has been included in the [[Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India|list of heritage structures]] compiled by INTACH. [[World Monuments Fund]] has included the building in ''2025 World Monuments Watch''. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/news/hyderabads-heritage-sites-make-it-to-2025-world-monuments-watchlist-1854558|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|title=Hyderabad's Heritage Sites Make it to 2025 World Monuments Watchlist|first=Mrittika|last=Banerjee|date=2025-01-16|access-date=2025-03-06}}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by [[Maulvi Allauddin]] and [[Turrebaz Khan]], attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected [[Martello tower|martello towers]] at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.<ref>{{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|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture|year=2009|location=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|pages=115|author-link=Omar Khalidi|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313131458/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by [[Maulvi Allauddin]] and [[Turrebaz Khan]], attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected [[Martello tower|martello towers]] at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.<ref>{{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|publisher=Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture|year=2009|location=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|pages=115|author-link=Omar Khalidi|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313131458/https://libraries.mit.edu/img/libs/rotch/HyderabadGuide_2009.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, [[University College for Women, Koti|Osmania University College for Women]]. | After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, [[University College for Women, Koti|Osmania University College for Women]].<ref name="Rangan"/> | ||
After a court directive to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is now a protected monument.<ref> | After a court directive to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is now a protected monument.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083123110400.htm | title=Court directive to Archaeological Survey of India | newspaper=The Hindu | date=22 March 2012 | archive-date=23 December 2007 | access-date=19 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223003743/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/31/stories/2006083123110400.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the building suffered much damage over the years and part of the ceiling had collapsed.<ref>{{cite web|title=The British Residency in Hyderabad|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2014/04/the-hyderabad-residency.html|publisher=Minor Sights|access-date=23 July 2014|date=May 2014|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225035447/http://www.minorsights.com/2014/04/the-hyderabad-residency.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was placed on the [[2002 World Monuments Watch]] list.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nanisetti |first=Serish |date=2023-02-10 |title=Of romance, rebellion and restoration |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/of-romance-rebellion-and-restoration/article66484593.ece |access-date=2023-04-20 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420213533/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/of-romance-rebellion-and-restoration/article66484593.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Restoration works were completed in January 2023, the result of an effort spanning over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mollan |first=Cherylann |date=28 January 2023 |title=In photos: A makeover for 200-year-old India heritage building |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64300791 |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=BBC News |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128225426/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64300791 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
=== List of British Residents === | === List of British Residents === | ||
[[File:Residency 20.jpg|thumb|Photos and names of British Residents of [[Hyderabad]]]] | |||
From 1786 - 1947 [[Hyderabad]] had 34 British residents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Names of British Residents of Hyderabad |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Residency_21.jpg |website=Wikimedia Commons |publisher=Wikimedia |access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref> | |||
#John Kennaway (1788 - 1794) | |||
#Major-General [[William Kirkpatrick (East India Company officer)|William Kirkpatrick]] (1794–1797) | |||
#Major [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] (1797–1805) (The residency building was built during his time) | |||
#Captain Thomas Sydenham (1806–1810) | |||
#Sir [[Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet|Henry Russell]] (1811–1820) | |||
#Colonel Martin (1825 - 1830) | |||
#Colonel Stewart (1830 - 1838) | |||
#General J S Fraser (1838 - 1852) | |||
#Colonel Cuthbert Davidson (1852 - 1853, 1853, 1825 - 1835) | |||
#General Sir John Low (1853) | |||
#G A Bushby (1853 - 1856) | |||
#Colonel William Thornhill (1856 - 1857) | |||
#Sir George Yule (1863) | |||
#Sir [[Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet|Richard Temple]] (1867–1868) | |||
#H A Roberts (1868) | |||
#J G Cordery (1868, 1883 - 1884, 1886) | |||
#C. B. Saunders (1868–1872, 1872 - 1875) | |||
#Sir [[Richard John Meade|Richard Meade]] (1876–1881) | |||
#Sir Stuart Bayley (1881 - 1882) | |||
#W B Jones (1882 - 1883) | |||
#A P Howell (1888 - 1889) | |||
#Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (1889 - 1891) | |||
#Sir Trevor Chichele Plowden<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Smith | title=letters Reveal Heartbreak of Young Winston | newspaper=The Guardian | date=9 November 2003 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/09/booksnews.redbox | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305174001/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/nov/09/booksnews.redbox |archivedate=5 March 2016 }}; see also {{cite news | first=Ramachandra | last=Guha | title=Churchill in Bangalore | magazine=The Hindu Magazine | date=21 December 2003 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/21/stories/2003122100040300.htm | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930152336/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/21/stories/2003122100040300.htm |archivedate=30 September 2007 }}</ref> (1891 - 1900) | |||
#Colonel Mackenzie (1899) | |||
#[[David William Keith Barr|Sir David Barr]] (1900 - 1905) | |||
#Sir Charles Bayley (1905 - 1908) | |||
#[[Michael O'Dwyer]] (1908–1911) | |||
#Colonel Alexander Pinhey (1911–1916) | |||
#Sir [[Stuart Fraser (diplomat)|Stuart Fraser]] (1914, 1916–1919) | |||
#Sir Charles Russell (1919–1924) | |||
#Sir William Burton (1924 - 1930) | |||
#Sir Terrance Keyes (1930 - 1933) | |||
#Sir Duncan George Mackenzie (1934–1938) | |||
#[[Arthur Cunningham Lothian|Sir Arthur Lothian]] (1942–1946) | |||
== Architecture == | == Architecture == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{commons category|British Residency, Hyderabad}} | |||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:28, 21 March 2026
| Koti Residency | |
|---|---|
 Front façade of the Koti Residency | |
Front façade of the Koti Residency | |
| General information | |
| Type | Ambassadorial residence |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Location | Hyderabad, India |
| Coordinates | 17°23′01″N 78°29′05″E / 17.3837248°N 78.4847522°E |
| Current tenants | University College for Women, Koti |
| Completed | Circa 1805 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Samuel Russell |
Koti Residency or British Residency or "Hyderabad Residency" is an opulent mansion built by James Achilles Kirkpatrick in the princely state of Hyderabad. Kirkpatrick was British Resident of Hyderabad between 1798 and 1805. Today it is part of the Osmania University College for Women and has been converted into a museum. It can be visited with prior online booking.[1]
The building with its classical portico is in the style of a Palladian villa and is similar in design to its near-contemporary in the United States, the White House. It features in the 2002 William Dalrymple book White Mughals. The house was designed by Lieutenant Samuel Russell of the Madras Engineers and construction began in 1803.[1]
The building has been included in the list of heritage structures compiled by INTACH. World Monuments Fund has included the building in 2025 World Monuments Watch. [2]
History[edit | edit source]
Kirkpatrick built the mansion for himself and his Indian wife Khair un Nissa, who bore him two surviving children who were sent to England by the age of five and never saw them again due to the early deaths of their parents.
The building was once the embassy of the East India Company to the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the residence of James Kirkpatrick, the British Resident, as well as his successors. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a zenana (women's quarters) where Khair un Nissa lived. Within the compound is a miniature model of the building- legend has it that this was so Kirkpatrick's wife, who remained in purdah, could see the entire mansion, including the front. This scaled model has recently been beautifully restored.
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a group of rebels, led by Maulvi Allauddin and Turrebaz Khan, attacked the residency. After the events of 1857, the British erected martello towers at the residency, which were demolished in 1954.[3]
After independence in 1947, the building became vacant. In 1949 it was converted into a women's college, Osmania University College for Women.[1]
After a court directive to the Archaeological Survey of India, it is now a protected monument.[4] However, the building suffered much damage over the years and part of the ceiling had collapsed.[5] It was placed on the 2002 World Monuments Watch list.[6] Restoration works were completed in January 2023, the result of an effort spanning over 20 years.[7]
List of British Residents[edit | edit source]
From 1786 - 1947 Hyderabad had 34 British residents.[8]
- John Kennaway (1788 - 1794)
- Major-General William Kirkpatrick (1794–1797)
- Major James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1797–1805) (The residency building was built during his time)
- Captain Thomas Sydenham (1806–1810)
- Sir Henry Russell (1811–1820)
- Colonel Martin (1825 - 1830)
- Colonel Stewart (1830 - 1838)
- General J S Fraser (1838 - 1852)
- Colonel Cuthbert Davidson (1852 - 1853, 1853, 1825 - 1835)
- General Sir John Low (1853)
- G A Bushby (1853 - 1856)
- Colonel William Thornhill (1856 - 1857)
- Sir George Yule (1863)
- Sir Richard Temple (1867–1868)
- H A Roberts (1868)
- J G Cordery (1868, 1883 - 1884, 1886)
- C. B. Saunders (1868–1872, 1872 - 1875)
- Sir Richard Meade (1876–1881)
- Sir Stuart Bayley (1881 - 1882)
- W B Jones (1882 - 1883)
- A P Howell (1888 - 1889)
- Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (1889 - 1891)
- Sir Trevor Chichele Plowden[9] (1891 - 1900)
- Colonel Mackenzie (1899)
- Sir David Barr (1900 - 1905)
- Sir Charles Bayley (1905 - 1908)
- Michael O'Dwyer (1908–1911)
- Colonel Alexander Pinhey (1911–1916)
- Sir Stuart Fraser (1914, 1916–1919)
- Sir Charles Russell (1919–1924)
- Sir William Burton (1924 - 1930)
- Sir Terrance Keyes (1930 - 1933)
- Sir Duncan George Mackenzie (1934–1938)
- Sir Arthur Lothian (1942–1946)
Architecture[edit | edit source]
The building is in the Palladian style, with a classical portico. Six Corinthian columns support the roof. Within its compound there were several quarters, including a zenana quarter.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Datta, Rangan (4 February 2024). "A visit to Hyderabad's British Residency — home of the White Mughal". The Telegraph. My Kolkata. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ↑ Banerjee, Mrittika (16 January 2025). "Hyderabad's Heritage Sites Make it to 2025 World Monuments Watchlist". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ↑ Khalidi, Omar (2009). A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Court directive to Archaeological Survey of India". The Hindu. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ "The British Residency in Hyderabad". Minor Sights. May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (10 February 2023). "Of romance, rebellion and restoration". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ Mollan, Cherylann (28 January 2023). "In photos: A makeover for 200-year-old India heritage building". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ↑ "Names of British Residents of Hyderabad". Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ↑ Smith, David (9 November 2003). "letters Reveal Heartbreak of Young Winston". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.; see also Guha, Ramachandra (21 December 2003). "Churchill in Bangalore". The Hindu Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
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