Bollarum
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Bollarum also spelled as Bolaram, Bolarum, and Bollaram is one of the major suburbs of Hyderabad, India.
This area was mostly planned as the British during the time of the Nizams. It comes under Secunderabad Cantonment Board.
Bollarum has some major localities like Doveton Bazar, Chintal Bazar, Sadar Bazar, Kalasiguda, Risala Bazar, Poineer Bazar, Burton Guda and Macha Bollarum (which is separated from the others mentioned by a railway track that has a meter gauge line and a broad gauge line).
A Part of Bollarum is in Hyderabad district and a part is in Ranga Reddy District. More than half of the area used to be agricultural, but has transformed into residential area.
It is a famous soccer playing town. It has many native players who were on India's national soccer team.
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[edit] Commercial area
Macha Bollarum market - The old vegetable market. The villagers get their produce/vegetable in train and then sell it in this market, which is just next to the railway station.
It has a big bazaar named Sadar Bazaar which has many textile, jewelry, general shops and Money lending shops. It is also a popular place for Hindu temples like Ayyappa temple which is one of the oldest Ayappa temples in Andhra Pradesh was built in 1970's the first temple in Hyderabad and the Muthyalamma temple which is the oldest was very small till 1985 and was renewed big till 1995 where every weekend is like a carnival with huge crowed, people come with families and offer there prayers, Hanuman Temple is the one of famous by its name with in build Sai baba temple, Lord Shri Ram, Ganesh Ji, Navagraha & Lord shiva. This temple is famous to celebrate Ugadi & Shri Ram Navami which comes every year in the month of March or April, Mahankali Temple were they celebrate Mela every year in July and Bhulakshmamma Temple etc.
The general population have been staying here for generations and the town has just started developing new layouts on its periphery. Celebration is a part of life for Bolarumites and you can find people celebrating festivals with pomp and gaiety, the popular one being the yearly Jatara, dushera-where an effigy of Ravana is burnt, Holi, Diwali, Sankrantri.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Bollaram had a population of 13,305. Males constitute 58% of the population and females 42%. Bollaram has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 68% and female literacy of 43%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The majority of the population is Hindu. But one can find people of many religions living in harmony. There is a considerable amount of Jain population here. There are couple of mosques, and a Gurudwara too. Most of the population are employees and work in Railways, Industries, defence, offices, etc.
[edit] The Legend
Bollarum has a unique story about its name. When the British were laying out the railway line through this town, an officer asked a person what was the name of the place to set up a station there. The person was an ardent worshipper of Rama but he couldn't speak English, so he greeted the gentleman by saying "Bolo Ram" which eventually became Bollarum, spelled in different variations.
[edit] Schools
Bollarum is one of the educational hubs of Hyderabad because it has many popular schools and colleges like the prestigious Valerian Grammar School,St. Anne's Girl School,The City High School and a few Post Graduate Colleges like Navabharathi College of P.G Studies. Also, an international college of business and commerce.
[edit] Transport
Bollarum has a MMTS local train station, hence more and more people are opting to live in this upmarket locality.
The state-owned APSRTC runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city.
It is 10km from Secunderabad Central Railway Station and 12km from Begumpet Airport & 41km from New International Airport at Shamshabad.
[edit] Important landmarks
Bollarum is home to a very big Church built in European architecture (Holy Trinity Church), built in 1847 by a member of British Royal family (Queen Victoria), which is why Queen Elizabeth[1] visited this church and attended a service on her Wedding Anniversary when she on a visit to India in 1980s.
Bolarum also has another important building but not very well known of its history. It is now an Officer's mess diagonally opposite to the church and Ayyappa Temple, to be precise, opposite to St. Anns Provincilate. When Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the first Defence Minister, came to Hyderabad along with the Indian army to annex Hyderabad state to the independent Indian Republic, he stayed in this building and negotiated with the Nizam.
It also houses the Rastrapati Nilayam, the equivalent of Rashtrapati Bhavan in new Delhi. This serves as the house/office of the president during his yearly sojourn to south of India. During the President's Southern Sojourn, this building literally converts into the president's office. Bolarum , being a cantonment has good many old European structured bungalows and one of them - The Chateau, close to the Valerian Grammar School, one of the old and famous schools in the area, housed Winston Churchill during his early days with the Raj (British) empire. He was a captain with the British army then.
The important landmarks in this town are:
- Holy Trinity Church (www.htcbolarum.org)chg
- Chateau (Winston Churchill's Home)
- Valerian Grammar School (Estd. 1961)- Is the oldest convent school in the locality and has got many a distinguished Alumni.
- Sadhana Mandhir School is also one of the oldest landmarks in Bollarum. It was a soap factory before. During Freedon struggle Acharya Vinoba Bhave stayed in Sadhana Mandhir for a few days on his Journey of the famous BhooDhaan Yagna.
- The City High School, {Estd.1982}[www.thecityhighschool.com] in Ratna-Triveni Colony was the catalyst which helped develop the entire area and contributed to the educational needs of people.
- Rythu Bazaar - The new farmers vegetable market.
- LRMG Jr College(Earlier Zilla Parishad High School) - One of the oldest colleges in the city of Hyderabad. It was constructed in the year 1926. It has a huge and magnificent building with a big auditorium.
- RSI Club: The Rajender Singhji Institute is again a club for defence personnel only. It also has a huge Olympic sized swimming pool very close to it.
- Bolarum Library, close to Lakadwala cross roads is also a very old landmark of Bolarum.
- St. Ann's Provincilate, Ayyapa Temple, St. Ann's Girls school all on the same road stretch.
[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
