Musheerabad Jail
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| Location | Hyderabad, India |
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| Coordinates | 17°25′28″N 78°30′14″E / 17.424377°N 78.503795°E |
| Status | Defunct |
| Opened | 1915[1] |
| Closed | 2003[1] |
| Managed by | Director General & Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Musheerabad Jail was a correctional facility located in Musheerabad area of Hyderabad, India. The facility was demolished in 2003 and the entire area occupied by the jail now houses the new building of Gandhi hospital which was previously located at Secunderabad. Gandhi Medical college was also shifted to this location. [2][3] The jail was built during the Nizam era to house prisoners from adjacent areas. The oldest structures in the jail were built in 1876. The construction of the prison had completed in 1915.[1] All the male prisoner were shifted to Cherlapally and female prisoners where shifted to a separate facility. [4]
Prior to its demolition, director Nagesh Kukunoor obtained a stay order in order to complete filming of 3 Deewarein (2003).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Central jail building to be pulled down". The Times of India. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Gandhi Hospital begins a new era". The Hindu. 14 June 2004. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ V, Geetanath (9 November 2003). "No official sanction for new Gandhi Hospital complex?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 January 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "Prisoners Shifted, 135-Year-Old Telangana Jail Being Emptied For Hospital". NDTV. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Chopra, Sonia (1 August 2003). "Brick-by-brick". Screen Weekly. Retrieved 22 September 2010.[dead link]
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