Snipped from ''Hyderabad map circa 1772: Blends into sands of time'' Saturday, Feb 25, 2006 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/02/25/stories/2006022502110100.htm Secunderabad DoB: June 2, 1807 Hyderabad was born in 1000 h (1591) this much is certain. But when was its twin Secunderabad born? While its origin can be traced to Colonel Lang's tented city in 1806 between the Lashkar (near Mahankali Temple) and Lancers (near Sangeet theatre) it already had rows of tents of British troops after the Subsidiary Alliance Treaty forced Sikandar Jah to disband his French legion on October 20, 1798. Scottish historian Mountstuart Elphinstone records the sight of the tented city seen from Banjara Hills in 1804. Conservation architect Vasanta Shobha Turaga traces it to Nizam's firmannaming the settlement Secunderabad. The firman is dated 25th Rabi-ul- Awwal, 1222 AH, which according to the Gregorian calendar would have been June 2, 1807. [snip] ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India