Masab Tank

Masab Tank is an anglicised version of Maa-Sahiba Tank. Maa-Sahiba was a title endowed on Hayat Bakshi Begum, wife of Qutub Shahi VI. The ‘Talab’ or tank was built by Khanum Agha, Qutub Shah V's mother, but it became famous after his wife as ‘Talab-e-Maa-Sahiba’. The upgraded ‘Maa Sahiba Talab’ got anglicized to Masab Tank.^[1]

Masab Tank
suburb
Masab Tank Flyover
Masab Tank Location in Hyderabad, India
Coordinates: 17.401°N 78.456°E / 17.401; 78.456
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad
Metro	Hyderabad
Government
• Body	GHMC
Languages
• Official	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	500 028
Lok Sabha constituency	Hyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nampally
Planning agency	GHMC

The modern Masab Tank is a major locality in Hyderabad, India. The area lies at the junction of Road#1, Banjara Hills and the road connecting Humayun Nagar and Lakdi Ka Pul.

The JNTU College of Fine Arts is located there. The old JNTU campus is still located beside the JNTU College of Fine Arts.Government Polytechnic, Hyderabad^{[2][circular reference]} is one of the most famous polytechnics of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is situated in masab tank. according to the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET)^[3] , the Masab Tank Government Polytechnic is the number one ranking polytechnic across the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The 10-story Income Tax Towers house the income tax department. The office houses Chief Commissioners of Income Tax, important IRS officers.

Transport

TSRTC runs the buses connecting it to all parts of the city.

The closest MMTS Train station is at Lakdi Ka Pul.

References

1. Hyderabad Masab Tank
2. Government Polytechnic, Hyderabad
3. "State Board of Technical Education- All Diploma Updates". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.