Incredible Facts About Hyderabad's Charminar That'll Leave You Amazed With its 430-year-old history, Charminar stands tall in the city. But if you think it's just a monument with four minarets ...

The Charminar was built in 1591, when Mohd Quli Qutb Shah, the fourth king of the Golconda kingdom, decided to move out of the Golconda Fort, which had been the capital until then.

"Expansion of the temple during festivals is a new trend while the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project (CPP) is in a limbo," laments RTI activist S.Q. Masood.

Harikishan, a 68-year-old resident of Charminar, described the tragedy as unprecedented. “This might be the first time that 17 members of a single family have died in one fire incident in Hyderabad.