Zain Yar Jung
Zain Yar Jung (1889–1961) was an architect. He served as the Chief Architect of Hyderabad State.
Zain Yar Jung
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- Name
- Zain Yar Jung
- Born
- 1889
- Birth Name
- Syed Zainuddin Hussain Khan
- Died
- 1961
- Awards
- Padma Bhushan (1956)
- Occupation
- architect
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Zain Yar Jung (1889–1961) was an architect. He served as the Chief Architect of Hyderabad State.
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• Name — Zain Yar Jung • Born — 1889 • Birth Name — Syed Zainuddin Hussain Khan • Died — 1961 • Awards — Padma Bhushan (1956) • Significant Buildings — * Jubilee Hall • Aza Khane Zehra • Raj Bhavan • Honorific Prefix — Nawab • Children — Sadath Ali Khan • Illustration — Zain Yar Jung (first row, sixth from right), with Osmania University engineering students.
Career as Architect
Career as Architect
Zain Yar Jung was associated with the construction of Osman Sagar, The Badshahi Mosque, and Himayat Sagar. The Nizam sent two eminent architects, Nawab Zain Yar Jung and Syed Ali Raza, on a study tour of beautiful buildings around the world. They met noted Belgian architect, Ernest Jasper, in Egypt and enlisted his services for designing a university at Hyderabad. He worked on the Osmania University under Jasper.
Political career
Political career
He was later sent as an emissary of the Nizam to negotiate terms of the merger of Hyderabad State with India. He was granted the title of Nawab by the Nizam of Hyderabad. He received Padma Bhushan in 1956.
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1889
Zain Yar Jung born.
1961
Zain Yar Jung died.
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