Identity: An article in the Siasat Online magazine

Link to Siasat Article During my current research on the Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad, the community members welcomed me into their homes and shared numerous stories. I have met a few 70 and 80 years old members of the community as part of an effort to build an archive on the community’s history. The Brahma Kshatriyas

Gotraachar, a ritual

Mohana Devi says: “Chudi Galli, Talim Galli, Kutta Galli, Dekchi Galli, Gurbanna Galli- we stayed close to each other”. If we imagine a time when some folks are jagirdars (property/land owners) and some without the jagirs (property), this community established rules to control expenses related to weddings and such events. Here is one such example

Dr. Vijender Waghray

People of BKC

Navigating a Micro History … …

Raja Kanahiya Pershad and his grandson Dr. Sham Sunder PErshad Kapoor

Bird’s eye view of Charminar

Historic core of Hyderabad 1925

Paraath or a large plate

A brass plate or paraath, utilized in a large family orcommunity gathering was borrowed by people in the neighborhood. It is 18 inches in diameter and is about five pounds in weight. This particular plate belonged to my husband’s family and it was a token return gift at a wedding, and all the members of this particularwedding party, in 1911, received it. The inscriptionwritten is the name of the person who got married- a symbol of syncretism.

K L Mahendra: A history of the Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad

An introduction to the Brahma Kshatriyas of Hyderabad

The Mufeed Ul Annam School on the map of Hyderabad 1913

Mufeed-Ul-Anam School, marked on a map along with a Devdi (mansion) of Raja Roop Lal of the BKC.

Brahma Kshatriyas of eminence in Hyderabad

Shaking hands with Prime Minister Nehru is Bala Pershad, Chief Engineer at the inauguration of the Nizam Sagar Dam. Also in the picture is H. Ram Lal (black shervani, extreme right in black eye glasses) who was the secretary to the government.