Aliabad Area (Hyderabad)

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Aliabad (Telugu: అలిఅబాద్) is one of the old suburbs of Hyderabad. It is part of the old city of Hyderabad. It is very close to the historic Charminar.
Aliabad is situated about 2.5 km from Charminar towards Falaknuma palace. Aliabad Darwaza (door) is one of the 8 entrances to the erstwhile Hyderabad. Aliabad is home for many public figures like Baddam Bal Reddy (BJP), Mulley Baliah (Congress, ex-chairman HUDA), Kankar Laxma Reddy (Entrepreneur and Congress Leader), Rebba Anjiah (Jansangh member), Borra Madhav Reddy (public prosecutor), V Suryaprakash Reddy alias Pedda Reddanna (educationist) and Aekka Yadagiri Rao (renowned sculptor). Many civil contractors in MCH (current GHMC) ),Dr Syed Ghulam Dastagir Social worker and (M.I.M member) who still live's in Aliabad. Most Aliabad children attended the only English medium missionary school St. Mark's Boys Town High School. The school is located in a 40 acres (160,000 m2) sprawling and scenic campus and provided education to scores to students living in Aliabad. Aliabad has produced many successful students, who by their hardwork achieved higher goals in life as engineers, doctors and successful businessmen. Dr. S.S Jaya Kumar, Kankar Ravinder Reddy (Deccan Granites), Devender Reddy (Vasudeva Realtors), Venkat Aekka (NRI),Chandra Kanth Reddy Chitepu (NRI), Jagjivan Reddy (BJP), G. Vinod Reddy (Congress) are some of the exemplifying examples.
Quite a few of the Aliabad folks of the 1980s migrated to new city because of communal riots.