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	Hyderabad -- Andhrahelpline.com
		Salar Jung died as a bachelor on march 2nd, 1949, leaving behind him a priceless collections of art objects, rare manuscripts and paintings from all over the world.
		The Salar Jung Museum was orginally housed in Diwan Devdi.
		The Salar Jung Museum was declared as an "institution of national importance" by an act of parliament in 1961.
	www.andhrahelpline.com /hyderabad/salar.asp (180 words)

	fullHYD Virtual Tours
		One of the oldest museums in the twin cities, it is reputed to be the largest private collection in the world.
		The museum has various artifacts collected by Nawab Turab Ali Khan, popularly known as Salar Jung I, the diwan of the Hyderabad State, and his descendants.
		Salar Jung III alias Mir Yousuf Ali Khan’s collection forms the major chunk of the art pieces on display.
	www.fullhyderabad.com /scripts/virtualTours.php3?section=VirtualTours&name=Salar (180 words)

	The Hindu : Life Hyderabad : Stumped by Salar Jung
		Shinde, who went round the museum and later chaired the board meeting, expressed surprise at the wide collection of Salar Jung and described him as a connoisseur of art with a sound knowledge, coupled with a sharp memory and passion for artefacts.
		Shinde was happy to learn that Salar Jung III had a close association with Pune and said he was proud of it as he came from Maharashtra.
		Salar Jung was truly secular in his approach to education and social functions.
	www.hindu.com /lf/2004/11/28/stories/2004112815020200.htm (270 words)

	Salarjung Museum hyderabad, Salarjung Museum India, Salarjung Museum tour, Salarjung Museum picture, Salarjung Museum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yusuf Ali Salar Jung, the prime minister of Nizam Of Hyderabad, accumulated the objects.
		Salar Jung III, whose family was reputed for having served the Nizams of Hyderabad as Prime Ministers, had gained reputation as a formidable collector of art.
		Though Salar Jung III is credited with these fantastic collections, it all started with his father and grandfather.
	www.tourtravelworld.com /hot_spots/hyderabad/salarjung_museum (610 words)

	INDIANA GROUP OF COMPANIES, Indiana Travels, Destination Management Company, India, Indiana Travels, History, Arts, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		New Delhi’s National Museum exhibits a range from terracotta figures of the fifth and sixth centuries BC to exquisitely damascened swords of the Mughal period.
		Srinagar’s SPS Museum is the only place in India where one can see stone sculptures of deities executed in the distinctive style that was a hallmark of Kashmir from the seventh to eleventh centuries.
		A small museum on the outskirts of the city is the Museum of Natural History, the vision of its founder.
	www.indiananetwork.com /discover_india/museums_galleries.htm (590 words)

	BizHat.com - The Salar Jung Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the mid-19th century, the Nizam of Hyderabad appointed a prime minister to whom was given the title of Salar Jung.
		The museum is famous for its European art collections of Jade, Weapons, textiles and metal ware, which are significant as they provide a glimpse into post-Mughal court life and are suggestive of the grandeur and wealth of rulers in days gone by.
		The present museum building is not the best example of modern Indian architecture, but the collection is very representative of all that was in vogue in the late 19th century among powerful families of the state of Hyderabad.
	india.bizhat.com /museums/hyderabad.php (2148 words)

	Hyderabad-Secunderabad India - Museums -hyderabad-secunderabad.com
		Salar Jung Museum the single largest one man collections of the world.
		Though Salar Jung III is credited with this fantastic collections, it all started with his father and grandfather
		Purani Haveli also houses the Nizam's Museum, which displays china, silver objects d'art, and several fascinating photographs that capture the legandary opulence of the Nizam and his court.
	www.hyderabad-secunderabad.com /travelinformation/museums.htm (305 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Nizams' jewelry to be displayed at Salar Jung Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 11-member Salar Jung Museum board headed by Andhra Pradesh Governor C. Rangarajan, at its meeting last week, decided to display the jewelry in a special exhibition in May next year.
		The Naidu government, which is keen to promote tourism in Hyderabad, is said to be considering a proposal to construct a building on the banks of picturesque Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city to display the royal collection.
		The Salar Jung Museum, which was the center of a controversy when several artifacts went missing a few years ago, was given security arrangements by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that has tightened security arrangements over the past four years.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/12/12/nizam.html (568 words)

	Exhibitions at various museums and science centres of India.
		One of the most significant events of display in the museums of India in recent times is the grand exposition of 173 pieces of superb and rare Nizam's jewels which range in date from 18th through the early 20th century.
		At Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad the exhibition was inaugurated on November 24, 2001 by Dr. C.
		The education department of the Museum planned the exposition with an introductory gallery providing historical background to the traditions of Indian jewellery, history and lifestyle of the Asif Jahi dynasty and the Nizams of Hyderabad; a diamond centre to depict the mining of diamond past and present, besides well cased exhibits.
	www.inc-icom.org /exhibitions.html (539 words)

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		The Salar Jung Museum has a fine collections of jade, metalware, textiles and weapons which provide a glimpse into the post Mughal court life.The jade room displays beautiful wine bowls,daggers with jade handles, plates, mirror frames.
		The museum, known for its european art collection, has an Indian art section far superior in terms of size,variety and quality.
		The State Museum is housed in a building converted from one of the Nizam's mansions.
	www.tourmyindia.com /museums/hyderabad.html (305 words)

	7 Wonders of Hyderabad Salarjung Museum
		The incomparable treasures of the museum, consisting only of a part of the original collection, are an amazing amalgam of antiquity and modernity, the three Salar Jungs scouring continents for objets d'art and returning home with shiploads of artefacts.
		Walking through the museum is walking through the ages of several civilisations, Indus, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Roman to name a few and is bound to disengage the visitor from the present, the current and the immediate and transport him to a world he is familiar with only through reading.
		In short, the museum is a standing monument to the artistic genious of mankind throughout the space-time spectrum.
	7wondersofhyderabad.com /salarjung-museum/salar-jung-museum.html (1151 words)

	Salarjung Museum,Tourist Attarations of Hyderabad,Hyderabad India
		Salarjung Museum is one of the much lauded tourist attractions of Hyderabad City.
		This museum is well known throughout India for its prized collections of about 40,000 objects belonging to different civilisations dating back to the 1st century.
		The Salar Jung Museum was originally housed in Diwan Devdi.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /andhra-pradesh/museums/salarjung-museum.html (475 words)

	city guide, city tour, travel destinations in india - Goamit Holidays
		Salar Jung Museum is one of the best-known museums in India where you can find private collections of the Nizams.
		The collection in the Salar Jung Museum is the labour of love of a single family who had been invested with the title of Salar Jung Bahadur.
		There is an architectural museum here containing mithuna couples in varying moods, a collection of antiquities ranging from the bust of a Gandharv to figures of dwarfs, yakshis, coins, pottery, a model of the submerged valley, and exhibits of some Stone Age implements such as wedges, axes, arrowheads, spearheads and some broken pottery.
	www.goamit.com /cityguide_hyderabad.html (1233 words)

	Seminars and Workshops related to INC-ICOM.
		Thirtyfive museum educators, culture administrators, academics of museological science and prominent museum directors from twentytwo institutions besides a good number of museum lovers actively participated in the deliberations which was initiated by Dr. Saroj Ghose, former Director General, National Council of Science Museums.
		A six point resolution was adopted which envisaged more interaction between science and art museums regarding know-how technique of display and education; a compulsory museum study for secondary school curricula, preparation of education manuals by museums and like institutions as also publication of news letters, publicity folders by the museums.
		Salar Jung Museum organised a national seminar on Buddhism which was inaugurated by His Holyness The Dalai Lama in presence of Dr. C.
	www.inc-icom.org /s_workshops.html (965 words)

	APTDC :: Tourist Locations in Andhra Pradesh (AP) : Hyderabad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Salar Jung Museum This museum houses one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques and artifacts in the world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III.
		Andhra Pradesh State Museum A visit to the Andhra Pradesh State Museum is a delight for art lovers.
		The Nizam s Museum Located in the stately Purani Haveli, the palace acquired in the year 1750, by the second Nizam, is now converted as a museum with a fascinating collection.
	www.tourisminap.com /hyderabad.htm (2601 words)

	SALAR JUNG MUSEUM FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Salar Jung Museum is in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra_Pradesh, India.
		The museum opened to the public on December_16 1951 ; it houses the collection of the Salar Jung family, who were important nobles in the courts of the Nizam s — Muslim rulers of Hyderabad.
		The museum also houses fine examples of European painting and sculpture, most famously the "Veiled Rebecca" of Italian sculptor Bezoni, as well as Chinese and Japanese pieces.
	www.mrdefine.com /Salar_Jung_Museum (177 words)

	Feature - Salar Jung Museum-Hyderabad
		Special monographs, apart from the 'SJM Bi-Annual Research Journal' are published regularly to serve the researchers.
		Museum publications, including popular leaflets and picture postcards of the collection are sold at the publication sales counter.
		Scholars are permitted to use the library on request by obtaining passes from the reception counter.
	www.indiatravelite.com /feature/salarjungmuseuminformation.htm (480 words)

	Visiting Places - Salar Jung Museum- It's all about Vijayawada - vijayawadasite.com
		The Salar Jung museum is the largest one-man collection of antiques in the world.
		The museum is named after Nawab Mir Tulab Ali Khan, Prime Minister of the Nizam and titled Salar Jung Bahadur(1853) who collected priceless gems of art wherever he travelled.
		The highlight of the museum is the section of arms - exquistely bejewelled hilts of swords and daggers, handles of jade, fish bone, and ivory ornamented with diamonds, emeralds and rubies.
	www.allindiansite.com /vijayawada/visitingplaces/hydjung.html (293 words)

	Indian Art and Artifacts, Jagdish & Kamla Mittal Collection, Hyderabad
		A large number of art objects of the Museum have been lent for display at the prestigious Festival of India exhibitions held in London (1982), U.S.A. (1985), and France (1986), as well as exhibitions held in the National Museum, New Delhi, and Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad (1986).
		In 1989, the Museum organised at CMC, New Delhi an exhibition of a selection of its "Indian Drawings"; this was the first of its kind ever held anywhere in India.
		Although the Museum does not have a building of its own, the collection has been seen, enjoyed and appreciated by many art scholars, art lovers, artists and eminent personalities from all over the world.
	jigyasa0.tripod.com /mittalmuseum.html (609 words)

	Monuments-Museums-Salarjung Museum
		Situated on the southern bank of the river Musi, the Salarjung Museum is the third largest museum in India housing the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world.
		Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III (1889-1949), former Prime Minister of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, spent a substantial amount of his income over thirty five years to make this priceless collection, his life's passion.
		Later in 1968, the museum shifted to its present location at Afzalgunj and is administered by a Board of Trustees with the Governor of Andhra Pradesh as ex-officio chairperson under the Salar Jung Museum Act of 1961.
	www.webindia123.com /monuments/museums/salarjung.htm (1194 words)

	Welcome to Prime Time Prism
		N awab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III was famous for his collection of antiques and beautiful objects from all over the world.
		His collection can be seen at the Salar Jung Museum and is regarded as the largest one man collection in the world.
		C harminar built in 1591 by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, the fifth rifler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, is a masterpiece of Qutb Shahi architecture.
	www.primetimeprism.com /hyd/hyd4hyrs.html (1428 words)

	Rs 15-crore museum to house Nizam's jewels
		The museum is expected to come up once the Government of India approves the plans and design submitted by the state.
		The other site considered for the construction of the museum was adjacent to the famous Salar Jung Museum located on the banks of the Musi river and is owned by an individual.
		According to the design and plan of the proposed museum prepared by John Bulluck, the facility would be constructed below ground level by scooping out the sheetrock so that the museum would be surrounded by the sheetrock which resists any kind of intrusion.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/feb/11gems.htm (600 words)

	News on Museums and Science Centers of India.
		The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) or the Museum of Mankind is involved in generating a new museum movement, with an open, interactive, inter-disciplinary, flexible plan to demonstrate the simultaneous validity of human cultures and the plurality of alternatives for human articulation.
		Museum Institute (Deemed University), New Delhi along with the newly established SIAACM (State Institute of Archaeology, Art History, Conservation and Museology, Kerala) organised a National Conference on Museum Training in India at SIAACM, Thripunithura, Kochi (Ernakulam Dt), Kerala during 25-27 April 2002.
		This was a pre-runner to an International Conference on Museum training to be orgariised during November 2002 in New Delhi by the NMI on behalf of the ICOM-ICTOP (International Committee for the Training of Personnel of the International Council of Museums).
	www.inc-icom.org /news.html (1723 words)

	Want to visit a museum? Will have to try the godown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though all the museums plead lack of space as the reason for their inability to display all their objects, the Salar Jung Museum has recently acquired more space with the addition of a new building.
		Though every museum is expected to display at least 40 per cent of its objects at one time, the National Museum in Delhi itself does not display more than 200 of its 10,000 paintings.
		In the case of the Indian Museum in Calcutta, the standing committee of the MHRD warned that unless therare pieces lying in the godowns are properly taken care of, they may wear out with passage of time.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/19981218/35250104.html (430 words)

	Feature - Salar Jung Museum - Hyderabad
		The Salar Jung Museum has different sections based on the antique value.The first gallery introduces the visitors to the SalarJung and their times.
		Situated on the southern bank of the river Musi, the Salar Jung Museum is not far from the other important monuments of the old city.
		The historic Charminar, Juma Masjid, High Court, State Central Library and the Osmania General Hospital are all within a radius of one mile from the Salar Jung Museum.
	www.indiatravelite.com /feature/salarjung.htm (281 words)

	Andhra Pradesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Salar Jung Museum houses the varied and superb collection of art objects and crafts, initially compiled by the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Yusuf Ali SalarJung 9189-1949).
		The museum garden holds a re-installed hall complete with columns and ornate ceiling from Ghanapur, and a wooden temple chariot with monsters carved on the beams.
		The Temple is near the Archaeological Museum, Amaravati and overlooks the River Krishna.
	www.indiaheritage.com /travel/south/andhra.htm (8779 words)

	Salar Jung Museum
		The ancestrol history of the Salar Jungs can be traced to the Sixteenth century but by the middle of the the 19th century the family assumed importance that five of its members served as Prime Ministers to the Nizams of Hyderabad.
		The highlight of the museum is the section of arms - exquisitely bejewelled hilts of swords and daggers, handles of jade, fishbone and ivory ornamented with diamonds, emralds and rubies.
		In 1951 this museum was opened to the public and was maintained by the Ministery of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, Government of India till 1961.
	www.twincitiesbbs.com /landmarks/salar.htm (437 words)

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