Hyderabad: Hyderabad growth has come full circle.
Now developing in the area from which the city and its predecessor Golconda has started a little more than 550 years ago.
The city of Hyderabad was formed in 1591 CE after that the capital city of Golconda could not hold a growing population.
From Golconda, Hyderabad was first expanded to the south of the Musi River.
Some decades later, a new satellite city called Sultan Nagar was formed in the east.
But before the new fortress in Sultan Nagar can be completed Qutb Shahi Ruler Sultan Mohammad died.
And, around 1620 other satellite cities named Hayatnagar formed further east by the wife of Sultan Hayat Bakshi Bakum.
After the Musi flood which destroyed 1908 and a series of pandemics and epidemics, the Nizam government was forced to expand the city as part of the social distance to the north by forming Ameerpet, Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills.
It becomes growing north when kukatpally, Bhel and Icrisat are formed.
And now almost five centuries later, the city once again developed around the Golconda area and Shaikpet on the old Machilipatnam trade route.
The city starts from the west side and after developing in three directions, now grows to the west.
A perusal of the Hyderabad satellite map over the past few decades shows that the area on Jalan Raya Mumbai (mail) has witnessed maximum growth not only in terms of skyscrapers and populations but also in city planning and generation of work.
According to city legacy experts, Hyderabad and its predecessor Golconda have never been a static city.
Has developed in all directions but in circular mode.
The city has witnessed most of the growth to the east until the 1990s, but after 2004 it began to develop west.
Once a saturation in the west, the city will again record growth to the north.
Its growth is also steep in the south after the opening of the new airport in Shamshabad.
Geographer and GI Kevin Haynes scientists believe that the next growth axis will lead to the north.