Hyderabad City Taluka is an administrative subdivision (taluka) of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan.[1] Hyderabad District is divided into 4 talukas, the Urban area around the capital Hyderabad is part of Hyderabad City Taluka.[1]
Administration
The Taluka of Hyderabad city is administratively subdivided into 11 Union Councils.[1]
History
During Kalhora rule the city of Hyderabad became the capital of kingdom of Sindh, it was first named NEEROONKOT, But then the name was changed to HYDERABAD in the name of IMAM ALI A.S Who's one laqab was HAIDER OR HYDERABAD, kalhora's made big fortress named as PAKKA QILA and inside it was the whole prospered city later on talpurs fought war with kalhoro's and won the kingdom but the capital remained the same, later on British defeated the Talpurs in battle amd changed the capital to karachi and later on to the Bombay Presidency of British India.[2] The then HYDERABAD city was smaller than the present city of hyderabad so the then URBAN AREA was made a taluka of HYDERABAD DISTRICT and named HYDERABAD URBAN TALUKA(TEHSIL), it still is a taluka or tehsil and consists of mostly urban area
According to the 1901 census, the taluka contained only one town - the capital, Hyderabad (population, 69,378). The taluka also at this time contained 98 villages and the population was 138,021, compared with 122,507 in 1891.[2]
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