Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

17 Nov 2020

Nizam of Hyderabad had electricity plant installed at Madinah in 1939

In 1936, on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee, the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan had proposed the installation of a new electric plant and lights at the Holy Prophet’s Mosque at Madina, Saudi Arabia at his expense. The older electric plant was apparently out of order as it had been fitted by the Ottoman Rulers many years ago.

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