{"id":32025,"date":"2026-01-27T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32025"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:50:39","slug":"mir-alam-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mir-alam-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Mir Alam Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mir Alam Tank Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nine workers and engineers working on the bridge across the Mir Alam tank were rescued by the Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) after their boat malfunctioned in the middle of the lake recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mir Alam Tank<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mir Alam Tank, located in <\/span><b>Hyderabad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Telangana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>historic reservoir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>south of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/musi-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Musi river<\/a>.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of approximately 260 acres and has a capacity of 21 million cubic meters of water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tank is fed by several streams and springs that flow down from the nearby hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>was the primary source of drinking water for Hyderabad<\/b> <b>before the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs were built by the last Nizam of Hyderabad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between 1913-25.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tank is adjacent to the Nehru Zoological Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tank was <\/span><b>named after Mir Alam Bahadur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then the <\/span><b>Prime Minister of Hyderabad during Asaf Jah III\u2019s reign<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>third Nizam of Hyderabad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">state.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mir Alam Bahadur is believed to have laid the foundation for the tank on July 20, 1804, which was then completed in a period of two years and <\/span><b>declared open on June 8, 1806.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mir Alam had led the forces of Nizam against <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the battle with <\/span><b>Tipu Sultan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>believed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><b> Mir Alam built the lake from part of the treasure <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that he <\/span><b>grabbed from Srirangapatna after defeating Tipu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sultan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tank was designed by a French engineer and features 21 semi-circular arches, making it an architectural marvel of its time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Hyderabad\/hydraa-rescues-nine-workers-stranded-in-mir-alam-lake\/article70551003.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mir Alam Tank, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, is a historic reservoir to the south of the Musi river. 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