About Zahirabad
Zahirabad (Zaheerabad) is a city and revenue division in Sangareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Zahirabad mandal of Sangareddy district. It is the commercial centre of Medak district.
Zahirabad . The name of the city was coined by a Paigah noble called Mohammad Zaheeruddin Khan (Nawab Zaheer Yar Jung Bahadur). He was the eldest son of Nawab Moin-ud-Dowlah Bahadur (Dowlah Bahadur; a follower of the Zoroastrian divinity, Asman) and the Amir-i-Paigah (lord) of the Asman Jahi (his family estate). The Paigah family or clan were a Sufi Islamic aristocratic family of Hyderabad state.
Important points in the history of Zaheerabad include the drought of 1972 and the Hyderabad Police Action of 1949.
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