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 Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Ikshvaku">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.
Tribal leader from Telangana who openly fought against Nizam of Hyderabad with slogan Jal, jungal, zameen
The 13th century Queen of the Kakatiya Dynasty which ruled over most parts of present-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad
First Vice President of India and second President of India
Educationist, political thinker, essayist, poet and literary critic
Telugu playwright, dramatist, poet, writer and humanist
Telugu playwright, thespian and film actor
Indian Telugu revolutionary who fought against the British Raj]
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
Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based
Social reformer and Telugu writer
Urdu poet, Marxist political activist and a forerunner of Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad
Social historian from Telangana
Telugu poet and Dalit activist
Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic
Telugu poet and lyricist
Indian social reformer
Renowned composer of Carnatic music
17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music
The Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509 to 1529
Telugu poet and composer of Carnatic music
Hindu saint, who lived in Andhra Pradesh
Minister in a Medieval Andhra kingdom of Palnadu
Telugu poet who authored the Telugu-language Ramayana
Last ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
- Siddhendra Yogi
Telugu poet and philosopher
Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit to Telugu
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
Medieval Telugu poet
Second poet of the "Trinity of Poets " that translated Mahabharata into Telugu
Telugu poet and the first in Trinity of poets, who authored Andhra mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Mahabharata
Ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India