Tank Bund Road
The Tank Bund Road is a road in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. 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 people from the region.
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| Length | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) |
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| South end | Kavadiguda Road |
| North end | Basheerbagh Road |
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.[1]
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.[2] The statues were installed by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao. A committee with members from various regions of then Undivided Andhra Pradesh shortlisted personalities for the statues.[3]
The following 34 personalities are commemorated in the order of appearance from Secunderabad.[2]
- 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 - C. R. Reddy
Educationist, political thinker, essayist, poet and literary critic - Gurajada Apparao
Telugu playwright, dramatist, poet, writer and humanist - Ballari Raghava
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 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 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 poet and Dalit activist - Mutnuri Krishna Rao
Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic - Sri Sri
Telugu poet and lyricist - Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
Indian social reformer - Thyagaraja
Renowned composer of Carnatic music - 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 poet and composer of Carnatic music - Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami
Hindu saint, who lived in Andhra Pradesh - Bramha Naidu
Minister in a Medieval Andhra kingdom of Palnadu - Molla
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 poet and philosopher - Potana
Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit to 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 poet - Tikkana
Second poet of the "Trinity of Poets (Kavi Trayam)" that translated Mahabharata into Telugu - Nannayya
Telugu poet and the first in Trinity of poets (Kavitrayam), who authored Andhra mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Mahabharata - Gautamiputra Satakarni (Shalivahanudu)
Ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India
References
- "Tank Bund". twincities.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2006.
- "Glory restored, The statues of Telugu icons at Tank Bund get makeover". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- "Statues may face axe in Hyderabad". Deccan Herald. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2020.