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Homestead
Hall
was
built
in
1905
by
the
British
in
the
memory
of
Dr.
Homestead,
a
famous
civil
surgeon
of
Hyderabad.
It
is
the
biggest
and
oldest
reference
library
in
the
city.
It
is
situated
adjacent
to
the
Pakka
Qila
and
the
historic
Mukhi
House.
The
building,
which
has
Victorian
features,
comprises
over
half-a-dozen
rooms
and
a
huge
reading
hall.
The
building
is
spread
out
over
more
than
18,000
square
feet
and
the
rest
of
the
compound’s
1.5
acres
contains
a
lush
green
lawn,
a
parking
space,
a
mosque
and
some
monuments.
In
1967,
the
building
was
renamed
after
a
revolutionary
freedom
movement
leader,
renowned
poet
and
member
of
Indian
Constituent
Assembly
–
Syed
Fazlul
Hassan
Hasrat
Mohani.
For
a
large
part
of
its
existence,
the
library
has
been
occupied
by
several
government
departments.
After
Partition,
the
regional
head
office
of
Radio
Pakistan
was
set
up
in
the
library
and
operated
there
till
1967.
Over
the
next
four
decades,
it
housed
several
government
departments
while
the
library
was
restricted
to
only
one
room.
It
used
to
be
Bhai
Wassiamal
Hiranand
Free
Reading
Room
before
Partition
in
1947,
but
is
now
called
Hasrat
Mohani
Library.
With
its
collection
of
over
40,000
books,
the
library
attracts
college
students
as
well
as
those
preparing
for
the
competitive
exams.
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