Tipu’s Lookout on verge of destruction
(The Hans India, 30March 2018)
https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2018-03-29/Tipus-Lookout-on-verge-of-destruction/370362?infinitescroll=1
Age old heritage structure is now being crushed to the grounds. The Tipu’s Lookout was a watch tower built by Tipu Khan Bahadur who was a knight during the reign of Mahboob Ali Khan.
Lakdikapul: Age old heritage structure is now being crushed to the grounds. The Tipu’s Lookout was a watch tower built by Tipu Khan Bahadur who was a knight during the reign of Mahboob Ali Khan. Watchtower is a granite structure located on an elevated rock, the structure also encompasses granite stairs to climb the top the lookout might have given the look over the city about 150 years ago.
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(Wajahat Ahmed Khan is the great-grandson of Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur. He has been actively vocal about the neglect of Tipu Khan Bridge, Tipu Khan Sarai, Tipu's Dwar and Tipu's LookOut. Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur was a legendary Horseman and teacher of Horsemanship to the Nizam VI and Nizam VII. The tradition of Equestrianism continues in Wajahat Ahmed Khan, is involved in Equestrian sports. Wajahat Ahmed Khan is a trustee/ caretaker of Waqf-properties endowed by Late Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur sahab— including Mosques and other religious properties .
Wajahat Ahmed Khan has publicly appealed for preservation of the heritage institutions built by his ancestor (Sarai, bridge, mosques), emphasising their historical and social value to Hyderabad.)
