Ramgopalpet Police Station

Ramgopalpet Police Station, also known as the James Street Police Station is located on the MG Road, Secunderabad (earlier known as James Street) in Secunderabad.

Ramgopalpet Police Station
General information
LocationSecunderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

It falls under the central zone of the Hyderabad City Police. The Hussain Sagar lake police also comes under the jurisdiction of this police station.[1]

History edit

The clock was donated in 1900 to the then James Street Police Station by Dewan Bahadur Seth Ramgopal.[2] The Ramgopalpet Police Station building was designated as a heritage building by Andhra Pradesh government order dated 23 March 1998.[3] In 2016 municipal authorities asked all personnel working in the structure to vacate after the building was deemed unsafe and scheduled for demolition.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Hyderabad Lake Policing-Citizen's Charter Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Hindu : Metro Plus Hyderabad / Heritage : The man, his mite and Secunderabad[usurped]
  3. ^ 403 Forbidden
  4. ^ Nanisetti, Serish (24 September 2016). "Who moved my arch". Deccan Chronicle. Hyderabad. Retrieved 4 December 2018.