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| Country | India | ||
| State | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| District(s) | Hyderabad | ||
| Subdistrict(s) | Saidabad | ||
| Parliamentary constituency | Hyderabad | ||
| Assembly constituency | Malakpet | ||
| Planning Agency | GHMC | ||
| Civic agency | GHMC | ||
| [[List of Hyderabad Corporation wards|Zone]] | South Zone | ||
| [[List of Hyderabad Corporation wards|Ward]] | 19 | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Saidabad is a major residential and commercial hub located in Hyderabad, India. It is part of the old city and is located on its fringe. The suburb is inhabited by Hindus as well as Muslims.
The old part of Saidabad is a middle-class cosmopolitan neighbourhood, known for its low cost of living owing to accessibility to all the needs and good public transport.[1]
The suburb is home to Saidabad Police Station which covers major areas around it and also Saidabad ACP Office. There is a pond called as Yerra Gunta, and a Hindu crematorium on its banks. The pond is also used for Batukamma festival. A big jatara, a huge carnival, called as ghatam is held on Bonalu festival.[2] Ganesh Chaturti is also celebrated well here with many mantaps across the suburb.
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It was known by the name Sayeedabad, named after Syed Mir Mommin, the Prime Minister of Golconda in 1591.[3] Some nawabs have big mansions here. A historic heritage structure, Ameen Manzil is located here.
Saidabad is home to many schools like Government Upper Primary School, Madannapet Government School, Vignana Vardhani High School, New Era Public School, Silverdrop High School, Sainik School, Pagoda Pre School(Day care center), Vikasa Bharathi High School, St. Peters Primary School, Neo Royal High School, St. Andrews High School, Geetanjali Vidyalaya, St. Paul's High School, etc.
MVSR (Matrusri) Management College has its campus here, and its Engineering College was located here till it moved to a bigger campus in Nadergul.
Saidabad is well-connected by the buses, APSRTC, which ply on two routes covering most of the area, and all the buses stop here.
Buses connecting Saidabad are:
The local train station for MMTS trains, is half kilometer away at Yakutpura or Dabirpura.
The old Saidabad has many bastis, being part of the old city like Baquar Bagh, Kurmaguda, Reddy Basti, Poosala Basti, Harijan Basti and D COlony etc. The colonies are Saidabad Colony, Singareni Colony, SBH Colony, Saraswathi nagar, Vinay nagar colony, LIC Colony , Madhav Nagar Colony, Laxmi Nagar etc.