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This initiative aims to compile a digital repository of official documents acquired under the Right to Information Act, 2005, from the Archaeological Survey of India concerning Charminar and the controversy surrounding the Bhagyalaxmi temple. Visitors can access all official documents, each bearing watermarks, for research purposes.

Upon request, we will provide scanned high-resolution copies for a nominal fee, which will be used to sustain this portal.

01-08-2023 – F.No.Monuments/RTI/2023-24/963

Letter the CPIO, O/o the ASI, Hyderabad Circle in response to the RTI application filed by S.Q.Masood – Copies of the Correspondence (10 pages) related to the unauthorized construction at centrally protected monument Charminar. 

Date: 13-12-1968 – Ref.No.Hyd.1/G1/5362
Letter of M. Idrisullah, the  Superintendent Archeologist, ASI, South Eastern Circle, sent to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad – Unauthorized brick construction on the south eastern side of the monument, Charminar which has abutted and some extent encroached into the monument itself – kindly arrange for removal of the construction in question.


Documents from the Archaeological Survey of India

Documents pertaining to the Bhagyalakshmi Temple, including Letters exchanged between ASI Hyderabad and Municipal and State Authorities, from December 1968 to 2023.

Documents pertaining to the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project (CPP) (till 2023)

All legal documents pertaining to the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project (CPP) from 2000s to 2020. Collected by Mr. SQ Masood.

Documents pertaining to the legal cases around the Charminar Monument

Legal documents of cases around the Charminar monument, collected by Mr. SQ Masood.


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