{"id":354792,"date":"2026-01-27T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354792"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:26:30","slug":"mir-alam-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mir-alam-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mir Alam lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Recently, nine workers and engineers working on the bridge across the Mir Alam Tank were rescued by HYDRAA after their boat malfunctioned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354793\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-354793\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mir-Alam-lake.png?resize=379%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mir Alam lake\" width=\"379\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mir-Alam-lake.png?w=695&amp;ssl=1 695w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mir-Alam-lake.png?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Copyright infringement not intended<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1528\">About Mir Alam lake<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>&#8211; It is a freshwater tank located in Hyderabad, Telangana, situated on the southern side of the <em>Musi River<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source of water<\/strong>: The tank is fed by streams and natural springs originating from the nearby hill ranges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical importance<\/strong>: It served as the primary source of drinking water for Hyderabad before the construction of <em>Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar<\/em> reservoirs between 1913 and 1925.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eponym<\/strong>: The tank is named after <em>Mir Alam Bahadur<\/em>, who served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during the reign of <em>Asaf Jah III,<\/em> the third Nizam of Hyderabad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Associated Personality<\/strong>: The planning of the tank is associated with <em>Michel Joachim Marie Raymond<\/em>, a French military officer closely linked with Hyderabad\u2019s history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, nine workers and engineers working on the bridge across the Mir Alam Tank were rescued by HYDRAA after their boat malfunctioned. About Mir Alam lake Location&#8211; It is a freshwater tank located in Hyderabad, Telangana, situated on the southern side of the Musi River. Source of water: The tank is fed by streams&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mir-alam-lake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mir Alam lake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-354792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}