2019-12-16 Mon

History and Museums go hand in hand. The Museums that collect, restore and display history have a history of their own! Today, one of the richest museums of India was opened for Public.

Situated in Hyderabad city, the Salarjung Museum was brought in to existence and was opened to the public by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India on 16th December 1951. It is one of the single largest one-man collections of the world!

The art objects were collected by the late Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan, who was the Prime Minister or Salajung to Nawab of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, Nizam VII. After the demise of the Salarjung, the vast collection of precious art objects and his Library were housed in "Dewan-Deodi" the ancestral palace of the Salar Jungs.

With the joint efforts of Sri M.K. Velodi, the then Chief Civil Administrator of the Hyderabad and Dr.James Cousins a well-known art critic, the Salar Jung Museum was brought in to existence.

The Museum has a magnificent global collection of art objects and antiques not only of Indian origin but mostly from countries Western, a sizable collection hails from Middle Eastern and Far Eastern origins. It has around 1.1 million objects in its collection.

On 27th July 1978, the India Post Government issued a commemorative stamp of INR2 in the name of Salar Jung Museum. The stamp portrays specimens from the museum’s collection, a dagger, and a knife. The dagger and a fruit knife made in jade decorated with precious stones are said to belong to Jehangir and Noorjehan respectively.

Visit philamart to view and purchase variety of stamps from all over the world.