Hyderabad Municipal Maps, Malakpet & Chanchalgura Area, Reduced Map Sheet No - 12 Front

The Malakpet locality, to there, one has to approach through the Oliphant Bridge, there would be located prominently the Race course, vestibules of prominent people including a palace built by the Nizam Mir Osmani Ali Khan, and inevitably gardens are visible on the map. The Oliphant Bridge was one of the four Bridges crosses the river Musi. The Bridge was built by the Colonel James Oliphant, hence named after him. An inscription carved on the Bridge attributes the date of construction to 1831 by the order of fourth Nizam Nazir-ud-Daula and was during the Ministry of Chandu Lal. Malakpet was major suburbs during the Nizam period, but it was the peripheral village since the Qutb Shahi times. Qutb Shahi Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah granted the village as Jagir to his servant Malik Yakoot who built a residence there, hence the area got named after him. If the area or locality is low-lying in nature, then the name ends with "Pet', so, Malakpet. Malakpet was famous for the Racecourse indicates Hyderabad's racing tradition back to more than hundred years. From the Malakpet Road, diverged another road to Surur Nagar and to the south of it lies Sarf-I-Khas infantry Lines, the regiment of Sarf-I-Khas infantry and cavalry. Sarf-i-Khas was crown land, every resource under this department would be for royalty including the Sarf-i-Khas army. Beyond the Malakpet, located Chanchalgura locality where the situates Central Jail, in particular, the principal jail in the Nizam State, which could accommodate 600 prisoners at a time.