Amberpet

Amberpet is one of the oldest suburbs of Hyderabad, India. Amberpet lies adjacent to the famous Osmania University. Its area stretches from Kachiguda to Ramanthapur in the East, and from Vidyanagar to Azadnagar in the South.

Introduction

Amber is an Urdu word refer to as Asmaan i.e. Sky. Although, it also has mention in the Arabic scriptures, with similar names and meaning attributed to ambergis (Perfume of Heavens). Amberpet lies adjacent to the famous Osmania University built by the then Ruler of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur [CBE]. Its area stretches from Kachiguda to Ramanthapur in the East, and from Vidyanagar to Azadnagar in the South. The Civil Police Lines Special Armed Reserve of the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy is situated in the midst of its sprawling campus extending from the Dargah Shareef to the inner areas of the Ranga Reddy District [District]. Amberpet was largely famous for the spread-over open markets sprouted all over the area catering to the household needs of people from all the nearby places at very affordable prices. Now, these have been replaced by many supermarkets and other allied dairy & poultry establishments.

Amberpet (Assembly constituency)

Amberpet Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 15 constituencies in Capital city of Hyderabad.It is part of Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency.

G. Kishan Reddy, president of Bharatiya Janata Party unit of Telangana is representing the constituency since its inception.

Extent of the constituency

Amberpet was carved out of Himayat Nagar Assembly constituency before the 2009 elections as per Delimitation Act of 2002.

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

See also

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