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| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Ranga Reddy |
| Parliamentary constituency | Malkajgiri |
| Assembly constituency | Uppal |
| Civic agency | GHMC |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Habsiguda is a major suburb in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located at the eastern end of the city between tarnaka and uppal .
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Refugees from Africa have come and settled over here. Habsiguda is becoming more of a shopping center with the presence of major retailers like Sony world, Digital Shoppy, Wood Land, etc. It has transformed in its size since early 2000.
It has big restaurants like Hyderabad house (in st no 8), Krishna Residency (which is more of a Bar), Suruchi, Taste Buds, Spice of India (Bar), Suprabhat, Swagat Grand, Habsiguda House, etc.
It is very near to Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
It has the GENPACT which provides employment to many graduates and undergraduates.
The original name of Habsiguda was “Habeesguda” or “Abeesguda” and Habeesguda originated from name Abyssinia meaning an ancient name for Ethiopia in Africa.[1] This barren land was a Cattle ground for Nizams of Deccan Princely State.
Abyssinians used to be brought as slaves and later as laborers by Nizams to take care of their Cattle. Habeesis (people from Abyssinia) lived for decades in and around this area hence the name “Habeesguda” and now being called as Habsiguda.[2] Today one can still find these Abyssinians in many parts of Old City and especially in “Barkaas”. Many of these people were mixed with local people and accepted in Muslim communities.
Later Habsiguda was occupied by many construction and plantation labourers that were brought from surrounding districts to construct Osmania University by Asaf Jha iiv Osman Ali Khan Bahadur (Prince of then Deccan Princely State).
Habsiguda remained as an hamlet under “Nacharam Village” until 1981 and later became an independent Grampanchayat under Uppal Kalan Municipality and now its part of Hyderabad Metropolitan City.
Habsiguda houses research institutes such as:
Habsiguda does have some religious places of worship around it .
Habsiguda is well connected by APSRTC buses. It is about 5 km from Secunderabad Railway Station and about 11 km from Hyderabad Nampally Railway Station of the South Central Railway. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad is about 30 km away from Habsiguda. The closest MMTS Train station is 2.5 km away at Sitaphalmandi.
Late at night, shared autos/cabs keep moving Secunderabad and Uppal directions and provide an affordable alternative to metered autos which charge almost double fares at that time.
Schools include IICT ZM High School, Sri Sai Public School, Johnson Grammar School, Saint Joseph High School, Gyana bharathi High School, Brilliant Grammar High School, Bhashyam Vidayalayam, Gowtham High School, Silver Jubilee High School & Sadhana high School