Tank Bund Road


The Tank Bund Road is a road in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India. The Tank Bund dams Hussain Sagar lake on the eastern side and connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. It has become an attraction with 33 statues of famous people from the region.
The Pakistan Patton tank, now an attraction for visitors to the Tank Bund Road, is a war trophy given to the 54th Infantry Division, and is one that the Indian Army had disabled during the Battle of Basantar in Pakistan, between 15 and 17 December 1971.
Parallel to the Tank Bund Road, the Lower Tank Bund road was intended to reduce traffic congestion. Lumbini Park is the nearest park to this road. The road is also a major point for street photography.

Statues of Icons along Tank Bund Road

34 bronze statues, are installed on high platforms, of people who played iconic role in the development of Hyderabad and Telugu culture along the Tank Bund road. The statues were installed by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao. A committee with members from various regions of then Undivided Andhra Pradesh shortlisted the personalities whose statues were to be installed.
The following 34 personalities are commemorated in the order of appearance from Secunderabad.
  • Komaram Bheem
Tribal leader from Telangana who openly fought against Nizam of Hyderabad with slogan Jal, jungal, zameen
  • Rudrama Devi
The 13th century Queen of the Kakatiya Dynasty which ruled over most parts of present-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad
  • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
First Vice President of India and second President of India
  • C. R. Reddy
Educationist, political thinker, essayist, poet and literary critic
  • Gurajada Apparao
Telugu playwright, dramatist, poet, writer and humanist
  • Ballari Raghava
Telugu playwright, thespian and film actor
Indian Telugu revolutionary who fought against the British Raj]
  • Sir Arthur Cotton
British irrigation engineer instrumental in building the Prakasam Barrage, the Dowleswaram Barrage and the Kurnool Cuddappah Canal
Telugu lawyer, poet, playwright, reformer, rationalist and humanist
  • Pingali Venkayya
Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based
  • Kandukuri Veeresalingam
Social reformer and Telugu writer
  • Makhdoom Mohiuddin
Urdu poet, Marxist political activist and a forerunner of Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad
  • Suravaram Pratapareddy
Social historian from Telangana
  • Gurram Jashuva
Telugu poet and Dalit activist
Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic
  • Sri Sri
Telugu poet and lyricist
  • Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
Indian social reformer
  • Thyagaraja
Renowned composer of Carnatic music
  • Ramadasu
17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music
  • Sri Krishnadevaraya
The Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509 to 1529
  • Kshetrayya
Telugu poet and composer of Carnatic music
  • Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami
Hindu saint, who lived in Andhra Pradesh
  • Bramha Naidu
Minister in a Medieval Andhra kingdom of Palnadu
  • Molla
Telugu poet who authored the Telugu-language Ramayana
  • Tana Shah
Last ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
  • Siddhendra Yogi
Inventor of Modern form of Classical dance Kuchipudi
  • Yogi Vemana
Telugu poet and philosopher
  • Potana
Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit to Telugu
  • Annamacharya
15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Lord Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu
  • Yerrapragada
Medieval Telugu poet
  • Tikkana
Second poet of the "Trinity of Poets " that translated Mahabharata into Telugu
  • Nannayya
Telugu poet and the first in Trinity of poets, who authored Andhra mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Mahabharata
  • Gautamiputra Satakarni
Ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India