The river Musi and its banks are visible on the map. A canal from the river Musi diverted and the Makta Babu Nand Lal is only on the northern bank are visible on the map. The river Musi a tributary of the Krishna, originating from the Ananthagiri hills near Vikarabad, is famous as much as Hyderabad famous. The original city of Hyderabad was founded on the bank of river Musi, by Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 A.D, and over the centuries, the city has grown into both banks of the river. The old city lies on its southern bank, which was the seat of power till the 7th the Nizam, Osman Ali Khan. Also, the people of Hyderabad will never forget it due to the recurrent floods, and the worst one was in 1908, which led to the reorganization of the city by the Nizam. Subsequently, the Nizam shifted his residence, since then the city center saw a shift into the northern banks in particular. So, the role of Musi is inevitable for the city of Hyderabad both positively as well as negatively, not only in the past but also at the present too, in the forms of canals and dams constructed over it for the distribution of water. Interestingly, there was a system of land tenure in the Telangana region, under which the govt land varying in size, either from small holdings to a whole village or group of villages, were given on a fixed rent to bring the new lands under the cultivation. The holder was known as Maktadars, were locally powerful landlords. So, such land obviously was called as Makta land and in due course, came into existence that calling any area part of Makta land with holder name like the Makta Babu Nand Lal.